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From Spokes People to Bikeroots
Back in January 2009, Los Angeles Magazine writer Matthew Segal took an assignment as an embedded reporter (so to speak) with bike activists and group riders. The resulting article, titled "Bike Culture: Spokes People," was a thoughtful five-page assessment of the state of the bike community in Los Angeles from the perspective of a curious onlooker. Segal discussed the genesis of the bicycling advocacy movement in the 1990s, its slow, organic evolution and its branching into more radical and more mainstream elements.
February 10, 2011
More Details on the Proposed “South Beach Bicycle Path” Extension
Last week, we reported on an effort to add a proposed extension to the South Bay Bike Path through Venice Beach and away from Washington Boulevard. There was some confusion as to how that extension would work, and yesterday Jim Kennedy provided images that better explain the path.
February 9, 2011
Is Extending South Bay Bike Path Worth a Debate? LADOT, NIMBY’s Say No.
For Jim Kennedy, the matter is a simple one. The South Bay Beach Bicycle Path is a unique public resource, and cyclists shouldn't be forced to take a detour down Washington Boulevard in to Marina del Rey when they hit the Venice Pier to keep riding on it.
February 1, 2011
Biggest TRB Meeting Ever Highlights Visionary Bicycle Research
If you attended last week’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, you were one of 10,900 people presenting 2,200 papers and 2,500 slide presentations on everything from the conspicuity of pavement markings to complete streets for blind pedestrians.
February 1, 2011
LADOT Following Up on 2009 Promise, More Bike Lanes on Reseda, Rinaldi in the Valley
Yesterday, the LADOT Bike Blog announced two new bike lane projects that were completed in the Valley this weekend.
January 26, 2011
Cheviot Hills Homeowners Preemptively Declare Victory Obstructing Expo Bike Path
A recent article in the newsletter for the Cheviot Hills Homeowners Association provides an amazing example of how two people's viewpoints, and rhetoric, can present two different stories. When I first read the article from CHHA, I actually didn't recognize that it was coverage of the same story I wrote back in September of 2010.
January 25, 2011
A Road Diet for Main Street in Venice? Bike Coalition, LADOT Make the Case Tonight
Cyclists riding South on Main Street in Santa Monica are "welcomed" to the City of Los Angeles by a bike lane that disappears at the city border. For no other reason than switching sides of a political boundary, cyclists who were riding in a bike lane in Santa Monica are moved in to the rest of traffic in Los Angeles. And, the two-lane Main Street doubles to a four-lane one as well. Welcome to Los Angeles!
January 18, 2011
Venice Neighborhood Council Board Meeting: Main Street Bike Lane
If you live in the Venice area and want to learn more about the project to make Main Street from Navy to Windward Circle, please attend the Venice Neighborhood Council Meeting this coming Tuesday. LADOT and Councilmember Rosendahl's staff will be on hand to present on this project. LACBC will also be there to offer support for the project and talk about the community benefits.
January 15, 2011
A Snapshot of City Priorities: Bike Applications to Metro’s Call for Projects
View 2011 Metro Call for Projects - Bikeways in a larger map
Google Map of Bikeways projects put together by Bikeside's Daniel Rodman
January 14, 2011
A Look at L.A.’s First Bike Wrangler, and His Wrenching Space
2011 is looking to be a great year for Greater Los Angeles' do-it-yourself-do-it-together bike wrenching spaces. The Valley Bikery is moving into their new space at 14416 Victory Boulevard; that's Victory at Van Nuys Boulevard. The Bikery has their grand opening party coming up on Saturday January 29th.
January 12, 2011