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Your Twitter Coverage of Today’s Wolfpack v Jet Blue v Metro Race from Burbank to Long Beach
By Damien Newton |
[View the story “Your coverage of today’s Wolfpack Hustle vs. Metro Los Angeles vs. Jet Blue and the airports” on Storify]
Sharrow Cam Tells the Story of Long Beach’s Green Shared Lane
By Damien Newton |
Russ Roca, the photographer and bike activist who has taken the lead on promoting Long Beach’s world-class shared lane, brings us a video on people’s first reactions to the lane. For anyone that missed Friday’s story, Long Beach painted a travel lane green and installed Sharrows on 2nd Street, one of the busiest streets in […]
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. […]
Long Beach: Good for Bikes, Good for Business
By Damien Newton |
Bicycle advocates from Copenhagen to Bogota to Northeast Los Angeles have all made the case that what’s good for bicycles is good for business. Nowhere in America is that statement being put to the test more than in Long Beach. During my two bike tours of Long Beach, I talked with business owners along the […]
CicLAvia XIII: Pasadena Open Streets Open Thread
By Joe Linton |
CicLAvia touched down in the City of Pasadena for the first time yesterday. The route, centered on Colorado Boulevard, showcased the city’s great walkable historic core, preserved because the City of Pasadena stopped the destructive and costly practice of street widening and reformed parking, but that’s a whole ‘nother story. Yesterday, Pasadena saw plenty of smiles, […]
LADOT Reveals Designs for Spring Street Buffered Bike Lane
By Damien Newton |
Via the LADOT Bike Blog comes a first look at the Spring Street Buffered Bike Lanes planned for Downtown Los Angeles. Having spent some time this weekend on the “bike paths” on 3rd and Broadway in Downtown Long Beach this weekend, I can’t tell you what a difference a buffer makes. Even though these lanes […]