El Monte Bike Festival

Join us for a Kids Bike Safety Festival in El Monte. Lots of fun activities, including Bike Skills Course, Bike Repair, Group Rides, Fitness Obstacle Course and more! Big thanks to Bike SGV, Day One and City of El Monte Health & Wellness.

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The Week in Livable Streets Events

By Damien Newton |
There’s some big stuff on this pre-holiday week. The two biggest things are clearly the “Ride of Silence” and the Metro Board meeting. Tonight – The city of San Marino holds a public meeting on its Bike Plan. Bike SGV seems to think it’s pretty good. But there are NIMBY’s. And they have flyers. Get […]

San Gabriel Valley Regional Bike Plan Faces Two Hearings Tonight

By Joe Linton |
The 5-city San Gabriel Valley regional bike plan is currently making its way through a complicated series of city approvals. Two important bike plan hearings are taking place tonight in the cities of El Monte and Monterey Park. Specific details on those hearings after the jump. Folks who live, work, bike, or breathe in the San Gabriel […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton |
New graphic on the front of Metro.net Trader Joe’s Opens at Hollywood and Vine.  Bike Parking Included after a Long, Long, LONG Fight. (The Source, Soapbox) LA, Santa Monica, Claremont, El Monte All Part of the LASB Photo Blog…Whither Long Beach, Pasadena?  Of Course, In Westwood It Was Bike to Campus Week (Be a Green […]

Better Bike Parking Coming to Metro Stations

By Damien Newton |
Bike racks at Metro stations can fill up quickly as illustrated by this photo from March 2008 at North Hollywood Station. The problem of insufficient bike parking isn’t a new one for Angelenos and isn’t limited just to Los Angeles.  Even cities such as New York, which installed 1,377 new bike racks last year is […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton |
Transportation Committee, Big Blue Bus fare increase discussion, Kid’s Bike Day, a new Monrovia Station, group hike – plus more fun stuff early next week. Wednesday 9/9 – The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee discusses upcoming CicLAvias, crosswalk stings, and more. It meets at 3 p.m. at L.A. City Hall room 1010. More details on […]