Transportation - Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council

LA Gets Serious About Sepulveda Pass Toll Lanes

Posted on December 5, 2019 by LBNCadmin

The LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will vote on funding a study for the proposed $27 million Phase 1 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes Drivers with means may soon be able to bypass the famous bottleneck that is the Sepulveda Pass. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will vote Thursday on whether to fund a study examining the merits of charging people to use its...
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North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project Moves Forward with Board Approval

Posted on October 26, 2019 by LBNCadmin

Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward

The North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project will Move Forward into Environmental Review Thank you to all who attended Thursday’s Board meeting and provided feedback. Metro’s Board of Directors received and filed staff’s recommendation to begin the environmental review for the project. The feedback received at the meeting will continue to help shape the project. If you were unable t...
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LA Metro Board Report on North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Now Available

Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 by LBNCadmin

Metro Board Report on the North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Project Available Online Metro’s staff report and agenda for the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project is now available on the Metro Board page. You are encouraged to check out Metro’s blog The Source article for more information. The Board meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 24 at the Metro ...
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NSFV Transit Corridor Project Postponed from Metro’s September Board Meeting

Posted on September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 by LBNCadmin

Presentation of the North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project to be Rescheduled Metro staff was scheduled to appear before the Metro Board of Directors on this project in September, but has deferred the item to a later meeting, largely due to the big response to the outreach efforts. Metro Staff expects to return to the Metro Board on the project as soon as October. Metro thanks eve...
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Sepulveda Basin Fire Scorches 5 Acres, Displaces Homeless Camp

Posted on July 30, 2019 by LBNCadmin

Los Angeles Firefighters are working to get the upper hand on a blaze that displaces a large homeless encampment in the Sepulveda Basin. A fast-moving brush fire in the Sepulveda Basin scorched five-acres Monday afternoon and displaces a massive homeless encampment. Los Angeles Firefighters are working to get the upper hand on the blaze as homeless aid workers are being called in to help reloca...
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Planning for the North San Fernando Valley BRT Project is Moving Forward

Posted on June 18, 2019 by LBNCadmin

The Measure M sales tax initiative, approved by voters in 2016, included funding for a bus rapid transit (BRT) project in the North San Fernando Valley. Planning for the project began in July 2018 with the initiation of an Alternatives Analysis (AA) that evaluated three alternative routes stretching from the Chatsworth Metrolink Station to either the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station or the N...
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Celebrate LA! LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia

Posted on September 26, 2018 by LBNCadmin

On Sunday, September 30th, CicLAvia is partnering with the LA Phil and Community Arts Resources (CARS) and clearing the roadways between Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood, transforming them into an auto-free zone where you can walk, run, skate, scoot, bike, and wander however you like! Six hubs along the route will feature art, food trucks, screen-printing, kid-friendly fun, and dancing, as w...
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Mayor Garcetti: Proposed Gondola that Could Take Fans to Dodger Stadium

Posted on April 26, 2018 by LBNCadmin

Here’s the first look at renderings of the proposed gondola that could take fans from Union Station straight to Dodger Stadium. https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/989505208454529025
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Reminder: Balboa Boulevard Earthquake Resistant Pipeline Replacement Project Begins this Week

Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 by LBNCadmin

The Balboa Boulevard Earthquake Resistant Pipeline Replacement Project is scheduled to begin this Monday evening, (2/26) along Balboa Blvd. (between Burbank Blvd. and Ventura Blvd.) The purpose of this project is to replace approximately one mile of water mainline that was first installed in 1932 with earthquake resistant ductile iron pipe. This is part of LADWP’s plan to install 10 miles of ear...
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LADOT People St Application Window

Posted on February 20, 2018 by LBNCadmin

Learn more about how to submit an application to build a #PeopleSt plaza in your neighborhood - join us at a public info seminar near you! Plaza applications will be accepted April 2-May 31.
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Los Angeles Transit Neighborhood Plans (LATNP) Program Workshops

Posted on October 20, 2017 by LBNCadmin

The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning is exploring ideas to encourage vibrant communities and employment hubs around the region’s growing transit network through the Los Angeles Transit Neighborhood Plans (LATNP) program. The planning effort looks out to the year 2040 and considers how new land use and zoning regulations for the neighborhoods around five Orange Line stations can prom...
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The Tripping Point Summit – The Valley Edition

Posted on October 13, 2017 by LBNCadmin

9:30AM – 2PM (breakfast served at 9AM) Panorama High School – 8015 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City, CA 91402 For over 40 years, our sidewalks, crosswalks, and bus stops have gone mostly unimproved in the City of Los Angeles. The Tripping Point goal is to highlight the importance of these public amenities on our quality of life. Come join the movement to support an even better Los Angeles with safe,...
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Sepulveda Basin Work

Posted on March 20, 2017 by LBNCadmin

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LA Sanitation, Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the Los Angeles Police Department (Valley Bureau, HOPE Team, and Off Road Unit Officers), Los Angeles Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers began restoration of the stormwater channel in the Sepulveda Basin. Crews continue to remove ...
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Lane closure eastbound Burbank Bl, east of Balboa, right 2 lanes closed due to flooding

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by LBNCadmin

Follow this LAPD advisory on Nixle at https://local.nixle.com/alert/5853631/
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Senator Hertzberg Calls on Metro to Amend its Expenditure Plan, Include Project for CSUN

Posted on June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 by LBNCadmin

The $120 billion plan for LA County transportation improvements over the next 50 years provides no guarantees for state’s largest CSU campus SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, issued a call today to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan (Metro) Board to consider amending its expenditure plan for a proposed sales tax measure scheduled to be placed on the November ballot and include speci...
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Metro Unveils Ballot Proposal to Transform LA Transit

Posted on March 18, 2016 by LBNCadmin

Metro released the details of a proposed measure for the November 2016 ballot that aims to raise as much as $120 billion for new highway and transit projects in LA County. The spending plan includes improvements to existing infrastructure and programs to facilitate active transportation, including bicycling and walking paths to be built over the next four decades. According to Metro, the potent...
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2nd San Fernando Valley Transportation Summit

Posted on February 19, 2016February 24, 2016 by LBNCadmin

The 2nd Valley Transportation Summit is being held at CSUN on March 3rd will be an opportunity to continue the dialogue concerning transportation-related challenges and opportunities facing the San Fernando Valley. Please note the RSVP deadline of February 26th. You may RSVP online via Eventbrite, linked here.
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City Aims to Cut Annual Traffic Deaths by 200

Posted on August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 by LBNCadmin

More than 200 people die on LA streets each year, and most of those deaths happen on just six percent of streets. Sitting at a desk in the middle of a Boyle Heights street, Mayor Eric Garcetti today signed an executive directive aimed at cutting traffic fatalities in the city to zero by 2025. The directive calls for reaching the goal, dubbed “Vision Zero,” by creating safer streets, enforcing ...
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Urgent Transit Survey

Posted on August 18, 2015 by LBNCadmin

Dear Friend, I need your advice. California faces a transportation infrastructure crisis. As a member of the Special Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Development, I am tasked with constructing a forward thinking, sustainable, and fiscally responsible plan to fund our State's transportation infrastructure. Please take a minute to answer a very short survey on your tra...
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Walk to School Day

Posted on September 12, 2013 by LBNCadmin

What is Walk to School Day? Walk to School Day is a yearly national event that encourages physical activity among children and youth. It is a way for parents, students, school personnel and other community members to directly experience the walk to school as they walk with students on the day of the event. It often generates wider teaching about the importance of physical activity, awareness of t...
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