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Bike Nation Unveils New Bike Design for Long Beach and Los Angeles
By Damien Newton |
Bike Nation, the bike share company that has struck deals to bring bike sharing to Anaheim, Long Beach and Los Angeles, unveiled a new bicycle design today at the Pro Walk Pro Bike conference in Long Beach. The “Gen 2 Made in the U.S.A. Bicycles,” (G2) will be used in Long Beach and Los Angeles, […]
Assessing the Momentum of the Bike Movement in South L.A., a Year and a Half On
By Sahra Sulaiman |
We’ve known for a while what NPR and the League of American Bicyclists appear to just be figuring out: namely, that people of color ride bikes and are doing so in ever-increasing numbers. In fact, people of color have been on bikes for years, especially in lower-income communities. Spend a day touring South L.A. and […]
Another Wonderful Long Beach First: Protected Bike Lanes
By Joe Linton |
The city of Long Beach is Southern California’s undisputed leader in innovative infrastructure for safe and convenient bicycling. They’re at it again this Saturday, April 23rd 2011, when they unveil the first genuine protected bike lanes west of New York City. Opening festivities are from 11am to 2pm at the The Promenade – one block east of Pine Avenue. […]
CicLAvia : 100,000 Cyclists, 0 Incidents, Millions of Stories
By Damien Newton |
(This is part one of our coverage of yesterday’s groundbreaking Open Street Festival. Hopefully later today we’ll have up a Streetfilm. Tomorrow we’ll review the reviews of CicLAvia. – DN.) There’s many ways to try and talk about yesterday’s CicLAvia. One way is to look at the numbers, another to look at the people, and […]
The Week in EVERY WEEK IS A BIKE WEEK Events
By Sara Bond |
(Note: In place of our usual Week in Livable Streets Events, we’re focusing on some of the best, non government sponsored, bike events in the region. Just because Metro and LADOT aren’t sponsoring events, doesn’t mean they aren’t happening. If the column proves popular, we’ll continue it in June – DN.) What to do on […]
Santa Monica Family Bike Fest Coming Up In Early December
By Gary Kavanagh |
Coming up on Saturday, December 8th, Santa Monica is hosting a Family Bike Fest, through a collaboration of the city, local schools, and the Safe Routes To School program. Just as the preparation events held in conjunction with the Bike It! Walk It! Days, the festival will have an educational component with youth bike skills […]