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Why Do We Love Cars More Than We Love Our Children?

The county spent $8.9M redoing Huntington Drive and didn't make it safe for bicycling. What if we had given up a lane to create a place for bicycles that is physically separated from all those speeding cars?

August 15, 2023

Will Downtown El Monte be Reshaped by Complete Streets?

El Monte is studying designs for a complete streets project that would create crosstown bike lanes on Valley Boulevard, and pedestrianize Main Street's Valley Mall, where businesses are expressing concerns over potential removal of storefront parking

August 10, 2023

L.A. Looks to Upgrade Forest Lawn Bike Lanes to Protected

LADOT and Councilmember Raman plan to add a mile and a half of plastic bollard protection to existing Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes; the project would reduce the number of car lanes from four to two.

August 10, 2023

New Waterway Bike/Walk Path Coming to Unincorporated Covina

Sights along the way include Irwindale’s stately Guadalupe Church and the Citrus Spreading Grounds.

August 2, 2023

Eyes on the Street: Are L.A.’s Latest Worst Sharrows on Slauson Avenue in Del Rey?

On Slauson LADOT added new diagonal parking, and door-zone sharrows, then counted it as a "bike friendly street." Really.

August 1, 2023

L.A. Excited to Experience the “Taylor Swift Transit Effect”

Don't pay through the nose for parking - take a combination of bus, rail, walk and bike to get to August Taylor Swift concerts at SoFi Stadium

July 29, 2023

Metro Bike Share – It’s Time to be Bold

Looking to our future as a region, bikeshare will increasingly become a critical addition to meet the needs of our city’s travelers

July 24, 2023

Missing Metro Regional Connector First/Last Mile Facilities Worse Than Reported Earlier

Metro and LADOT quietly omitted and downgraded extensive bike and walk improvements approved and funded for Little Tokyo - in addition to omissions at Grand and Broadway stations

July 21, 2023

Santa Monica’s New 17th Street Curb-Protected Bike Lanes are Amazing

Nearly completed, Santa Monica's excellent 17th Street bike/ped improvements include Southern California's first European-type curb-protected intersections

July 6, 2023

Venice Boulevard Bus and Bike Upgrade Project Completed

2.1 miles of new bus lanes, and 2.5 miles of conventional bike lanes upgraded to parking-protected... but also a couple of gaps

June 28, 2023