Tim Frémaux

@beckyhartung LADOT has funding to install about 500 real time arrival signs systemwide. Locations are TBD. I shared the locations you mentioned/requested with staff. In the meantime you can always use ladotbus.com/arrivals

@timfremaux My coworker and I were discussing the areas in Burbank (Alameda/Buena Vista) or Pasadena (Raymond/Walnut). We like taking the 549, but when the 501 pulls up we are thinking “oh should we wait to catch the 549?”. Thanks for asking about it!

@timfremaux Does LADOT manage the bus station stops or does that fall to city jurisdiction? I was speaking with a coworker today about Commuter Express 549 how we would love to see the boxes added to the stops to show when the bus is arriving. Wanted to see who I could contact.

@grandpabento @schneider @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial Yes, it could be used where a busway or trackway is curb running, not gated, and there are driveways. But this is a rare condition. Usually curb-running bus lanes are part-time, or adj. to ft parking, and rt turns are allowed from the bus lane at intersections.

@timfremaux @schneider @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial Is it something that can be adapted for bus usage like what you see on the G Line?

In CDMX they physically protect their bus/bike lanes with rubber curbs. The bus lane is ~20 feet wide and super comfortable to bike in without scofflaw drivers. @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial say they can’t afford full red paint. These would do the trick better for less $.

@grandpabento @schneider @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial That is true. Those do have active NLT/Train LEDs though for each driveway.

@timfremaux @schneider @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial Y’all have left turns into driveways across the A/E lines on flower

@schneider @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial That's true regarding the driveways but we would not likely allow right turns from an inner lane across the bus lane (like we do for protected bike lanes).

@timfremaux @metrolosangeles @LADOTofficial Yes. We need to stop making parking sacrosanct to allow for this in more places. Also there are a ton of driveways here too.

@schneider I agree that K71s are not very effective and become a maintenance burden. My colleagues in ATD are testing a number of curb-style alternatives that look very similar to what CDMX uses. la.streetsblog.org/2024/09/30/eye…

These rubber curbs are inexpensive and highly effective in preventing cars from intruding into the bike lanes in CDMX. Why does LA use K71 plastic bollards that don’t prevent anything and constantly get run over? There are better ways; we somehow just fail to use them.

@zsbradt @jake_gotta So what? It's still a stadium. It's a fair comparison.

@timfremaux @jake_gotta MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is not an MLB venue.

@gatodejazz @mattdellok @LADOTofficial Unfortunately slip lanes with driveways or alley access are not eligible.

Victoria removed a dangerous “slip lane” to improve pedestrian safety and plant new trees. Here are the before/after shots:

@beckyhartung @LADOTofficial Yes. ladottransit.com/whatsnew/09262…

Does anyone know if the @LADOTofficial Commuter Express buses are participating in Clean Air Day tomorrow for free rides?

@Maddz4planning @NaqiyNY Totally agree. Most cities in the US have similar if not worse characteristics, especially in the suburbs. If anything, making LA the poster child acknowledges that car-dependent neighborhoods elsewhere are considered the default.

@timfremaux @NaqiyNY Sure, but people really pick on LA's "love of cars" in the American context and I don't think it's actually a uniquely LA issue at all.

People driving the most miles daily in Charlotte, Orlando, & JAX was expected, but I am somewhat surprised LA's miles driven per capita is relatively low. Seems it's not as car-dependent as commonly believed

@Maddz4planning @NaqiyNY I think LA gets more attention because it's such a large city that, when compared to other large cities around the world, is much more car dominant, but that is slowly changing.

@NaqiyNY I recently re-watched "The Craft" and one character says "you need a car in LA" and the other replies "you need a car everywhere." Its not that LA isn't car-dependent, it's the fact that everywhere pretty much is, and LA just gets called out the most

@MobilityForWho @LADOTofficial @BSSLosAngeles The contractor installed these incorrectly and not per plan. They've been told to correct them so that they are not in the path of the bike lane.

Who’s the moron behind this @LADOTofficial @BSSLosAngeles ??? Decent concept, very bad placement. Can you all please take a trip to Encinitas where they did these properly? K thanks.

@gatodejazz @MobilityForWho @LADOTofficial @BobBlumenfield This work has been completed. It took awhile because people were not respecting the temporary no stopping signs.

@mehmetikberker These types of messages convey this idea that distracted drivers are a fact of life and we should focus on survival tactics, rather than redirecting messaging at the root of the problem: distracted drivers!

@philobaza @Pflax1 @StreetsblogLA The project that just opened (Phase 3) is from Branford to Cohasset (near Hollywood Way). The overall facility now extends from Roxford to Cohasset. Burbank does have plans to connect into their DT and to the Chandler path. Likely as a Class IV on SF Rd/Victory Pl/Victory Blvd.

@Pflax1 @StreetsblogLA Further, are there plans to extend it any further south? Connecting Burbank more to this would be amazing.

At the ribbon-cutting for the San Fernando Road bike path - in LA City next to the Burbank Airport

@orenbj Nice idea. All our major bike corridors should eventually be upgraded to Class I/IV. This segment would require a major capital project with bike signals, and civil work.

I ride my bike on this stretch of Jefferson a lot. It is by far one of the scariest sections of a major bike thoroughfare between the Westside and DTLA. It seems like it could be reconfigured to move both bike lanes to the south side with protection and bus stop platforms.

@streetsblogkea Lack of infrastructure is part of the problem. I'm not familiar with the location in question, but from experience, even progressive nations have many rural places without side paths or lighting. Few nations have comprehensive rural path networks.

@timfremaux Partly, sure, but the bigger underlying problem is there wasn't a bike path on the big grass shoulder where, in other countries that cared about this stuff, there would have absolutely been a bike path. Or at least a streetlight.

He's right + if this driver had been sober, the same folks dunking on his tweet would be blaming the Gaudreaus for their own deaths because they were biking after dark on a rural road with no streetlights. Stop focusing exclusively on individuals; start focusing on systems.