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Activist Profile: The East Side Riders — Riding for Love
WHEN I FIRST MET JOHN JONES III, leader of the East Side Riders, he sized up all 5' 2” of me and, instead of shaking my hand, stuck his straight up in the air.
February 14, 2012
Ride the City Opens Bike Mapping Page for Los Angeles
In 2008, around the same time that Streetsblog launched in Los Angeles, Ride the City launched in New York. Today, Streetsblog is happy to announce that the volunteer mapping effort is launching in Los Angeles. At worst, the program provides another alternative to the popular "bikes" feature on Google Maps. But because Ride the City is created in the mold of Open Street Map, all of the data entered into the map is available to the general public. Ride the City is also accessible by iPhone.
February 13, 2012
Rolling with the Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club
The Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club are comprised of around 30 riders, and distinguished from other groups by the insane amount of detail that goes into crafting their custom bikes. It's all for a good cause, however. They hope that by riding with pride through the streets of their communities--communities where recreational riding is sometimes rare--they are sending a message about the importance of being healthy to youth and adults alike. It is a real club with dues and a probationary period.
February 10, 2012
A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers
Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see the final product. The soul of a neighborhood is its people, I had argued in defending my approach at the time. Without them, the structures are just a shell.
February 7, 2012
Kobe? Blake? LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”
This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America.
January 30, 2012
L.A. City Adding New Bikeways, Will They Reach Pledged 40 Miles by June 30?
The good news: the city of Los Angeles is implementing more bike lanes than ever before. From July 2011 through December 2011, the city of Los Angeles has implemented 12.5 miles of new bike lanes. This is by far the highest total for any six-month period since at least 1996, and probably the most ever. For the past decade or so, the city has averaged roughly two-to-three miles of new bike lanes every six months.
January 19, 2012
Good News for Bikes in Expo Phase II
LADOT Environmental Documents for Expo Phase II Bikeway
December 6, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Green Lights for Bikes in Santa Monica
After years of being considered the most bike-friendly city in the Southland, Santa Monica fell behind Long Beach in recent years both in terms of infrastructure and cyclists imagination. However, in recent months, the city once known as the People's Republic of Santa Monica for embracing many of the most progressive ideals imaginable (at least in America) is playing catch-up.
December 2, 2011
LADOT: Of Course We’re Going to Patch the Spring Street Green Lane
One week ago, LADOT and city politicians opened the Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane to a flock of media and the appreciative roar of the L.A.'s cycling community. One week later, cheers have turned to grumbling as the green paint has dissolved in areas, gotten blotchy in others and basially looks like Long Beach's Green Sharrowed Lane after a year of wear and tear from cars and bikes.
November 28, 2011