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Open-Air Bike Tune-Up Session Brings Community Together in Leimert Park
"I know you!" I laughed, pointing at soon-to-be 9th grader Cortez Wright. "You were the reason the [King Day] parade got stopped!"
July 13, 2015
L.A. to Honor La Grange Bike Club Founder Raymond Fouquet This Sunday
This Sunday, July 12, the city of Los Angeles will publicly recognize one of the longtime leaders of L.A. bicycling. The intersection of Westwood Boulevard and La Grange Avenue will officially become "Raymond Fouquet Square." There will be two separate events honoring Fouquet:
July 10, 2015
Metro To Vote On Bike-Share Contract With Vendor Bicycle Transit Systems
At its June 25 monthly meeting, the Metro Board will be voting on the contract for the initial phase of what is now optimistically called "Metro Countywide Bikeshare."
June 2, 2015
Bike Lanes, Partially Green and Partially Buffered, Appear on Westwood North of Le Conte
Westwood and Le Conte is sort of a magical intersection for me.
May 27, 2015
Healthy Kids Zone: Schools at the Center of Healthy Communities
Bike Month is here and rides and panels are in abundance. Though the anchor of the month is Bike to Work Day, let’s make some room for the youth and talk a bit about why so many kids don’t ride their bikes to school anymore.
May 22, 2015
How a More Inclusive Bike Week Can Help Move Us Toward “Bike Life”
"I can honestly say my faith in humanity has been restored today," Joey said Wednesday as we popped his back tire back on his bike and I packed up my patch kit. "If I ever see you in the street again, I promise I'll pay you back somehow."
May 15, 2015
Coalition Calls For 10 Percent of Future L.A. Sales Tax To Go To Walk-Bike
There is a new twist in the path to a 2016 Los Angeles County transportation sales tax measure, tentatively being called "Measure R2."
May 14, 2015
Bike To Work Day Is Tomorrow – Fun OCTA Videos
Tomorrow, Thursday, is Bike to Work Day, part of Bike Week L.A.
May 13, 2015
Bike Week: Blessing Bikes, Talking Bikes, Bike Videos
There are lots of #BikeWeekLA events going on this week -- way too many for our meager cadre of Streetsblog Los Angeles writers to attend. We did make it to a few events so far: the kick-off press conference, a panel, and a blessing.
May 12, 2015
A Tale of Two Future Bridges: New Bike/Ped Crossing on L.A. River, Fewer Sidewalks on Glendale-Hyperion
It was sort of a surreal moment. Even as Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell stood at the podium discussing the benefits of a planned new bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the L.A. River, the Bureau of Public Works released its recommendation (PDF) that the new Glendale-Hyperion Bridge would actually have fewer feet devoted to safe sidewalks than the current bridge.
May 12, 2015