Bicycling
Streetsblog LA
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
Apple’s new Santa Monica store — beautiful for tourists, ugly for bikes
Just because Santa Monica is officially bike friendly doesn’t mean everyone there is. Even the ones you’d think would get it.
January 8, 2013
How a Crop of Women Activists Is Making Long Beach Safer for Bikes, Everyone
We keep getting safer here in Long Beach—and as a rather stereotypical boy whose palate leans towards danger and risk (or what my fair counterparts rightfully call stupidity), this makes me happy. And it was of no shock to me that the first ever all-female class of League Cycling Instructors (LCI) accredited by the League of American Bicyclist graduated nine women this past month from Long Beach: Jessica Alexander, Krista Leaders, Bernadette McKeever, Elizabeth Williams, Maria Sipin, Henriette Alamillo, Renee Jones, Machiko Yasuda and Nayely Limon
January 7, 2013
Change.Org Petition Asks for Bike Lanes on North Figueroa
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition's East L.A. Bike Ambassador Program is proving to be one of its most active local programs. While the group is meeting again tonight to discuss strategy for working with the city to improve bicycle access and safety in East and Northeast Los Angeles.
January 7, 2013
An Apology: Santa Monica Gets Bicycling Right, and This Writer Got It Wrong
Consider this a public apology to L.A. County’s bike-friendly city by the bay.
January 4, 2013
Long Beach Unveils Plan to Make “Most Bike Friendly City” the Safest Too
Glance to the right of this article and you'll see ads geared towards bike safety. Sift through the work of this site and you'll find endless accounts of dooring, commuter frustration, measures to keep one safe, how to "properly" ride a bicycle, riding on sidewalks... The list is as exhaustive as it is important despite its seeming redundancy.
December 21, 2012