Bicycling
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Family Bike Touring Along the California Coast
My wife Carrie, our three-year-old daughter Maeve, and I bike-toured the central California coast last week. We took an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Salinas, then an Amtrak through-bus to Monterey. From Monterey we biked down the coast through Big Sur and to San Luis Obispo, where we caught the train back to Los Angeles.
September 7, 2016
Metro Explores Alternative Rail-to-River Routes Through Southeast Cities
In thinking about the potential routes the eastern segment (B) of the Rail-to-River (R2R) active transportation corridor might take, stressed Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, it was important that the needs of workers, youth, and community members of the Southeast Cities be put front and center. Connectivity to job centers and schools should therefore be the first priority.
August 31, 2016
The Future of Bike-Share: An Interview with NABSA’s Matt Martin
Matt Martin is the Project Manager for the North American Bikeshare Association and the Director of Rosewood Bikes, a nonprofit program bringing bike resources to a poorly served area of Portland, Oregon. Prior to NABSA, Matt led the Community Bike Project Omaha, an Omaha nonprofit focused on transportation equity issues, where he helped bring bike-share to Omaha and served as Omaha B-cycle’s bike-share Managing Director.
August 26, 2016
Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to Reach Them
"Remember, the end goal is to get to 20% reduction [in traffic-related deaths] by next year, and then zero by 2025," said MIG Consultant Esmeralda Garcia of the city's effort to put together an action plan to implement Vision Zero.
August 2, 2016
Bike Talk: What Bike Advocacy Needs to Understand about South Central
"What is the situation in South L.A.?" is the question Colin Bogart, Education Director at the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition, posed to launch our discussion of the removal of a 7.2 mile bike lane planned for Central Avenue from the Mobility Plan 2035.
July 18, 2016
Ad Nauseum: Energizer Batteries Turn Drab Bikes Into Colorful Motorcycles
Energizer batteries are trying to appeal to consumer ecological consciences by "taking worn out batteries and making them into something strong" in the company's new EcoAdvanced battery line. What better way to be ecological than to appeal to urban cyclists? In the above commercial, the Energizer Bunny helps out tired riders by turning their bicycles into fantastic motorcycles. Not cool and not eco.
July 13, 2016
Filed Under: “Do You Need a Patch?”
Six months ago he had been hit by a car on Rodeo Road, the young man told me. He was laid up for seventeen days. Now he had a metal rod in his back.
July 1, 2016
Metro Bike-Share Opens July 7, Mobility Advocates Team up for Equity
Southern California's largest bike-share system, Metro Bike Share, debuts next week!
June 29, 2016
How Can L.A. Sheriffs Support Buses and Bikes Sharing Bus-Only Lanes?
On bus-only lane signage in Los Angeles, there is a little two-word section at the bottom that reads, "BIKES OK."
June 3, 2016
Metro Not Quite Ready for First/Last Mile Funding for Purple Line Phase 2
Just when the Metro board was on the verge of adopting a policy to incorporate first/last mile, including bike and walk, connections into "the planning, design, and construction of all [Metro] transit projects," Metro staff postponed including first/last mile connections to the second phase of Purple Line subway expansion.
May 26, 2016