Bicycling
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Area Cyclist Attempts to Enjoy Metro’s Bike Week, Fails Miserably
For reasons unbeknownst to me, I had a hard time figuring out what time the South L.A. Bike Week Pit Stops would be up and running today. I took a gander at the pit stop map and promptly devised a route in my head so I could hit all of the South L.A. stops.
May 17, 2012
Add a Green Buffered Bike Lane and Number of Cyclists Explode
Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition released "2011 City of Los Angeles Bicycle & Pedestrian Count Report" and a separate study on bicycling on Spring Street in the Green Buffered Bike Lane. The result? Cycling in the city is on the upswing, as positive press, CicLAvia and new infrastructure are encouraging more people to embrace two-wheeled travel.
May 11, 2012
Sad Truth: We’ll Never Know What Happened to Susanna Schick
It's been two weeks since the LAPD closed their investigation into the April 6th bicycle crash that left Susanna Schick hospitalized with broken ribs, concussions and other injuries. Schick claims that the driver of a white Lexus ran her down from behind in the late night crash. The LAPD claims she fell off her bicycle. The police basically refused to investigate the crash, despite press reports promising a thorough investigation, and because Schick claims a hit and run, there will likely never be true resolution to the crash.
May 9, 2012
Plenty of Hurdles Still Remain for Progressive South Figueroa Corridor Project
(Not sure what the My Figueroa project is? Check out this story from last year?)
April 30, 2012
Touring The Future Expo Line Phase II Bikeway
On Earth Day this past Sunday, the Expo Line Phase II Bicycle Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, was given a tour of the Expo corridor and bikeway proposals with a few of the private consultants and public planners involved in the project. Looking at diagrams is never a sufficient replacement for some on the ground perspective, so I was glad we had this opportunity to scope everything out. It was also exciting to see a few testing trains in operation in preparation for tomorrow's opening. I had not had a chance to get out and see the trains in action previously.
April 27, 2012
Santa Monica Opening Bike Campus On Earth Day Sunday
The city of Santa Monica is hosting a grand opening opening of what is being called the Santa Monica Bike Campus this Sunday as part of April 22nd Earth Day activities. This bike campus facility is on a linear strip of what was no longer actively used roadway connecting to parking lots just east of the beach bike path at Ocean Park Boulevard. The pavement is now painted with various markings for teaching bike education classes. There are simulated lanes, sharrows, crosswalks and bike lanes for teaching lane positioning, as well as some designs for bike handling tests that are part of the League of American Bicycling’s “Smart Cycling” course material.
April 20, 2012
Nightingale Middle School Students Ask for Safer Streets for Bikes
Dream It. Design It. Do It.
April 16, 2012
LAPD: Susanna Schick Fell Off Her Bicycle
(Friends of Susana's have set up a ChipIn account to collect funds to help with medical bills. You can donate, here.)
April 11, 2012