Measure HLA - Healthy Streets
Friday Bikeway Briefs: Ktown, Leimert Park, UCLA, USC, Highland Park, and Tarzana
Recent bike lanes on 43rd St, Westholme Ave, and Mesa Ave. Bike upgrades on First St and on Jefferson Blvd. Slow progress on Reseda Blvd displays city's meager HLA response.
Advocates Push Metro and L.A. City for a More Multimodal Vermont Avenue; HLA Compliance Challenged
Metro's too-modest Vermont Avenue bus plans don't appear to comply with Measure HLA Mobility Plan requirements. It's one of at least a half-dozen Metro projects that appear to clash with HLA/MP2035.
City Council Motion on Ending Automatic Road Widening at Public Works Committee
In 2023, L.A. City Council directed city departments to determine how to "eliminate spot road widenings." Public Works Department responded: keep widening roads.
Bikeway Briefs: Reseda, Mason, Avenue 51, and MANGo
Santa Monica's MANGo bikeway extension is now open, plus various bikeways around town get finished
Measure HLA at Six Months: City to Install First New Bikeway, While Denying Other Upgrades
Reseda Boulevard is poised to be the first city street to trigger Measure HLA improvements - while the city omitted upgrades along Vermont Avenue in South L.A.
L.A. Upgrades Manchester Blvd Bike Lanes, Closing Gap
During resurfacing, the city appropriately closed a gap in its protected bikeway network through Westchester, as approved in the city's Mobility Plan - but sidewalks there remain heavily damaged
Soto-Martinez, Raman, and LADOT Celebrate Hollywood Boulevard Safety Upgrades
In welcoming Hollywood's first protected bike lanes, Councilmember Raman proclaimed, "It is an incredibly exciting moment to say the majority of Angelenos want safe streets and we are here to say 'yes' to it."
Bus, Bike, and Walk Improvements Required by Measure HLA on Hold While Council Ponders
Council Public Works Committee hears Measure HLA items, delays implementation until at least early August. They're waiting for a first draft ordinance expected in August - four months after Measure HLA took effect.
With City Bike/Bus Upgrades on Hold, What’s Next for Measure HLA?
Voters supported safe multimodal streets in March, but instead of doing more multimodal projects right now, the city is doing less. A City Council Safe Streets ordinance might help uncork city department delays.
