Ride Figueroa: For a People Friendly Northeast L.A.

Join the LACBC for a short (11-mile) ride along Colorado and North Figueroa to promote their proposed bike lanes!!!

Everyone is welcome on this leisurely community-oriented ride. We’ll have LACBC Ride Marshals as our ride fairies to keep you safe and we’ll go over basic rules of the road.

We also hope to have a candidates forum for Council District 1 at Occidental College after the ride. Stay tuned for more information.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

Meet at 10:30 a.m. – roll at 11 a.m. The candidates forum is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Occidental.

For full details, visit www.la-bike.org/ridefigueroa

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