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Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday
In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful "transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes" around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy to move forward on the recommendations found in the 212-page feasibility study on the proposed Rail-to-River Bikeway.
October 22, 2014
Report: “Multi-Modal Level of Service” Metrics Not Quite Up to the Challenge
Livability proponents celebrate that car-centric Level of Service (LOS) is finally on its way out, at least in California.Wouldn't it be great if there was a similar bike- or walk-centric metric that could be used instead? UCLA Lewis Center and Institute for Transportation Studies researchers have studied some of the published metrics for evaluating how well streets serve pedestrians and cyclists. The researchers' conclusion: in all of the bike and ped metrics they reviewed, there is no silver bullet. Moreover, adapting LOS doesn't look like a fruitful approach.
October 17, 2014
SCAG Staff Release ATP Bike/Ped Project Funding Recommendations
The first year of the state's new Active Transportation Funding (ATP) program is drawing to a close. ATP is the main source of funding for walking and bicycling projects and programs in L.A. County.
September 29, 2014
Happy New Year, See You Tomorrow
It's Rosh Hashanah. Streetsblog L.A. will publishing lightly today and tomorrow.
September 25, 2014
What the Latest Census Data Says About L.A. City Bicycle Commuting
Last week, Streetsblog L.A. ran a national Streetsblog Network story DC and New Orleans Closing the Bike Commute Gap with Portland which summarized this BikePortland story. Those stories examined recently released Census data to shows trends in bicycle commuting.
September 23, 2014
Wilmington’s New Bike Lane Network, and What It Does and Doesn’t Do
Where is California's most concentrated bike lane network? Long Beach? Davis? San Francisco? Santa Barbara? San Luis Obispo?
September 11, 2014
Event Promotes Awareness of CA 3-Foot Passing Bill In Effect Next Week
This morning, California legislators, law enforcement representatives, cycling advocates, and the Automobile Association of America (AAA) gathered to promote awareness of the state's new 3-foot passing law. Long in the works, the Three Feet for Safety Act, A.B. 1371, goes into effect next Tuesday, September 16.
September 10, 2014
Bottle Thrower in Cuffs: This Time I Was the Cyclist Who Got Attacked
Wednesday night I attended the vigil for Milton Olin, a cyclist who was run down and killed by a distracted Sheriff's Deputy. The next morning, I decided to do something I haven't done in a long time: go for a purely recreational ride.
September 5, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Milton Olin Ride and Vigil Demands D.A. Justice
Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, Yield to Life, and Ghost Bikes hosted a ride and vigil for Milton Olin. Olin was bicycling in a Calabasas bike lane when County Sheriff Deputy Andrew Wood drove into the bike lane and ended Olin's life. The sheriff was distracted, typing a non-emergency message on his on-board computer. Last week, eight months after the crash, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to prosecute the killer, stating that Wood's distracted driving constituted "reasonable behavior."
September 4, 2014