Bicycling
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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
Breaking News: City Releases DEIR for 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation/My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed
When Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 2245 into law, a law allowing certain bicycle projects to opt-out of the CEQA process, the news was somewhat buried. On the same day, the Governor vetoed the "Give Me 3" safety legislation that created a legal buffer between cyclists and passing automobiles earning the scorn of cyclists everywhere.
January 17, 2013
Bike Smut 6: Bike Porn Comes Back to Long Beach
According to Cox and Phil, this homogenizes porn into "lame porn" because a stigma about something we are continually bombarded with--sexual images--prevents us from actually discussing sex or creating erotic images that supersede stereotypes.
January 17, 2013
Blocking bike lanes in Santa Monica and Putting Bike Riders at Risk
A week or so back, I was riding eastbound on San Vicente Blvd in Santa Monica, a block or two above Ocean Ave.
January 10, 2013