Movement & Transportation

Buses, Baseball and Parks: Discussing Transit for Dodger Stadium and Elysian Park

By Eric Richardson — February 28, 2008
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Dodger Parking Lots

In discussion before the City council’s transportation committee yesterday, it seemed everyone in the room agreed: public transit to Dodger Stadium makes good sense. How exactly that could happen was a subject of a little more discussion. In December Councilmembers Ed Reyes and Eric Garcetti introduced a motion that would have Metro and DOT take a look...


Metro Says Welcome to the New Second Street

By Eric Richardson — February 27, 2008
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2nd Street with Regional Connector

This image from Metro’s Tuesday night presentation shows the transit agency’s rendering of what 2nd street would look like with at-grade rail operation. Pictured is 2nd approaching Main street. The new LAPD headquarters is at left, with the Higgins building on the right. Auto traffic would be reduced to one 11-foot lane for local access. At the meeting...


Comments Clear on Connector Route Alternatives: Go Underground

By Eric Richardson — February 26, 2008
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Regional Connection 2

Of the eight “Build Alternatives” presented at tonight’s public meeting on the proposed Regional Connector, five would run trains through Downtown on surface streets, with all but one of those removing auto traffic from 2nd street and converting it to “transit dedication.” After the presentation, the message delivered by stakeholders...


Council Approves DASH Changes; Creates New Central City East Route

By Eric Richardson — February 26, 2008
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Blurred Bus

Council today approved the recommendations of a Downtown DASH study that would reroute the DASH A, eliminate the City Hall Shuttle and use a freed up bus to create a new route serving Central City East. The newly approved route will run in a clockwise circuit, passing by Little Tokyo, Central City East and the Flower Market. The DASH A route will be modified...


Weekend Tunnel Closure Report

By Eric Richardson — February 22, 2008
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3rd Street Tunnel

This weekend’s tunnel closure report is brought to you by Mercedes, since that’s whose commercial will be impacting your mobility. Tomorrow the 2nd street tunnel will be closed from 8am to 4am. Also closed, both tomorrow and Sunday, will be the 4th street freeway from Beaudry to Olive. If you’re looking to get east through that part of Downtown...


Regional Connector Debate Ready for Round 2

By Eric Richardson — February 21, 2008
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Connector routing as art: a sketch by former LADOT Assistant GM James Okazaki. Next week Metro is holding a pair of meetings on the Regional Connector, a project designed to create through-trips for the agency’s light rail lines. Unlike November’s meetings, which were just about taking opinions, with no feedback or Q&A, this time Metro has...


Broadway Trustees and Red Car Board Get Into Gear

By Eric Richardson — February 14, 2008
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Last night the Bringing Back Broadway Trustees held their first meeting high above Downtown in City’s Hall Tom Bradley room. The group was created last month to shepherd Broadway’s revitalization efforts. At this first meeting the Trustees started to get down to the business of figuring out how to go about achieving their mission. A framework for...


Council Committees Ask for Bicycle Ideas

By Eric Richardson — February 12, 2008

Bicycle at Radio Hill

How can the city of Los Angeles better plan for bicycles? That was the question in front of a joint council meeting today, as the city’s Planning and Land Use Management committee joined with the Transportation Committee to discuss Councilman Ed Reyes’ recent motion on bicycle improvements in his district and citywide. While today’s hearing...


CRA Moves Streetcar Campaign Forward

By Eric Richardson — February 08, 2008
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Yesterday the CRA Board approved a $60,000 expansion of its contract with the IBI Group, the consultants working on plans for a new streetcar in Downtown. The group had been awarded $120,000 for the phase one feasibility study back in 2005. Phase two of the project will consist of putting together a preferred routing and coming out in the end with a real budget...


Orange Markings Signal More Bicycle Parking

By Eric Richardson — February 05, 2008
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New Racks

The Arts District looks to get a little more bike friendly soon, with markings for bike racks showing up this week. The neighborhood is already heavily biked, but has offered little in terms of a place to lock up. Much more about this soon, but the city’s Bicycle Master Plan process starts up soon. The first meeting will be held on Saturday, February 16th...