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Bikeaggeddon as Metro Closes Bike Path for 405 “Improvements.” Re-Opening Date a Moving Target
On April 16, Metro sent out a notice to Westside stakeholders of the 405 "Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project" that a bike path from Waterford Street to Constitution Avenue on the Southbound side of the 405 would be closed from April 18 until May 2 from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. Cyclists groaned.
May 14, 2013
Send Us Your Bike to School Media, and My Personal Bike to School Story
We're going to try and put together a quick video tomorrow night highlighting images and video from Bike to School Day. However, we can only do this if you, our readers, create and share enough media. If you take pictures or video of your kids biking to school tomorrow, please send them to damien@streetsblog.org or tweet to @streetsblogla. We will credit each image or video in the credits.
May 8, 2013
Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner Adopts Wildly Anti-Bicycle Policy
Starting on June 1, the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service connecting San Luis Obispo to San Diego by way of Los Angeles is adopting a new policy that will make life harder for anyone planning on biking to or from the train. The policy is so onerous for bicycle commuters, one has to assume it's intentional.
May 7, 2013
Behind the Scenes, Are Hollywood’s Councilmen Delaying the Repainting of Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane
Surely Film L.A. doesn't have so much clout that it can hold up the simple repainting of an already fading and chipped green buffered bike lane on Spring Street over the wishes of the Mayor's Office, LADOT, local City Council Member Jose Huizar and the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. So what's the delay?
April 12, 2013
Will Vehicular Cyclists and the “Right to Park” Trump Safer Streets in Boston?
Beacon Street in Somerville, just outside Boston, is perhaps the most biked route in the state of Massachusetts. It also has a terrible safety record. There have been 154 collisions involving cyclists on the corridor between 2002 and 2010, according to the state Department of Transportation [PDF].
March 20, 2013
Irony Alert: L.A. Weekly Story Mocks Cyclist Right to Lane Appears Next to Story of Fatal Dooring
Must be a slow news day.
March 19, 2013
Zoning a Healthier Los Angeles?
(editor's note: When I saw L.A. County was being praised for updating its zoning code to encourage wider sidewalks and bicycling facilities, I went to some zoning experts to ask them to weigh in on the county's proposal. Occidental College Professor Mark Vallianatos answered my call. - DN)
February 22, 2013
This Week’s CD1 Debate, One of Three Big Events by LACBC
Just a reminder that Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Bicycle and Occidental College/UEPI Program, LA Walks and Streetsblog Los Angeles will sponsor a forum for the three candidates trying to replace Ed Reyes in Northeast Los Angeles' Council District 1.
February 8, 2013
Advocates Call on Gov. Brown to Prioritize Biking, Walking in State Budget
This article is cross-posted from the blog of former Streetsblog SF editor Bryan Goebel, who's aiming to launch a new website "devoted to sustained coverage of biking, walking and transit issues in Sacramento, both at the Capitol and locally." You can also follow Bryan on Twitter.
February 1, 2013
Fixing a roundabout that isn’t, Just a Block from the Beach
When is a roundabout not a roundabout?
January 22, 2013