14th Annual Bike to Work Day
Join Metro, the LADOT and the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition for the 14th Annual Bike to Work Day. Visit the official website at metro.net/biketowork to pledge, find a buddy, locate your nearest pit stop, and more.
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Metro Bike-Share Transit Integration and Pricing: What Do You Think?
By Joe Linton |
There is a great new report out that shows that bike-share systems really are legitimate, full-fledged transportation facilities. The focus of the report is how bike-share interacts with other transit systems. The report is summarized in this excellent CityLab article. Researchers surveyed bike-share users in both Washington DC and Minneapolis. Bike-share users living in central city […]
Hit-and-Run in Boyle Heights Forever Changes Lives in an Instant
By Sahra Sulaiman |
She must have been traveling really fast, they speculated. People tend to fly along the bridge at Cesar Chavez as it is — it can be an uneasy ride for a cyclist, day or night. But she must have really been flooring it. “We didn’t even have a chance to call ‘car back,'” said Jose […]
King of CicLAvia: Richie Trimble’s 14.5 ft. Tall Bike!
By Sara Bond |
In addition to the 150,000 cyclists that took to Venice Blvd. on Sunday, at CicLAvia VI: CicLAvia To the Sea, the “King of CicLAvia” was crowned. The crown was not awarded by the event-creators, but by the buzz surrounding Richie Trimble’s over a hundred pound, 14.5 foot – to the seat, 17 foot – to […]
Three Things I Like About Bike Week, and Two Things I Don’t
By Joe Linton |
It’s Bike Week Los Angeles! May 12th-18th, 2014. Already there has been a lot going on: a press conference, a new report, the annual Blessing of the Bicycles, and a guided ride this morning. Tomorrow will be Los Angeles County’s Bike to Work Day, which includes pit stops and free rides on Metro and various […]
Does LADOT Headquarters Know What’s Happening in District Offices? (Updated 4:55 P.M.)
By Damien Newton |
Can you see the streets from LADOT’s offices in Caltrans’ Death Star? Photo: Leighton Group (Update: the LADOT responded just before "closing time" today. Here is their official response: The information provided yesterday is accurate and still stands: the Department has no current plans to remove any portion of the bike lane or to install […]
Long Beach: Bike Nation Brings 10 Year, $12 Million Investment
By Brian Addison |
The Long Beach City Council, in a 9-0 vote, will permit Bike Nation to launch a 10-year, $12 million bike share program in the city, thereby creating one of the largest of its kind in the state. Bike Nation, which manufactures its own GPS-equipped, airless-tires bicycles, was inspired by similar systems that developed in Europe, […]