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Thirteen Fun Family-Friendly Bike Rides Accessible Via Metro Transit
Parents can take their kids on Metro rail (or BRT) to get to these family-friendly bike paths
January 29, 2020
#StreetsR4Families: A Transit Oriented Field Trip
Lessons learned from a first grade class field trip to the California Science Center via the Metro Expo Line
March 29, 2017
Family Bike Touring Along the California Coast
My wife Carrie, our three-year-old daughter Maeve, and I bike-toured the central California coast last week. We took an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Salinas, then an Amtrak through-bus to Monterey. From Monterey we biked down the coast through Big Sur and to San Luis Obispo, where we caught the train back to Los Angeles.
September 7, 2016
#StreetsR4Families- The Los Angeles River Ride
Yesterday was the 16th Annual Los Angeles River Ride. The River Ride serves the three-part purpose of fundraiser for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), tour of the L.A. River, and a group ride that brings together hundreds of bicyclists.
June 13, 2016
#StreetsR4Families – Preparing Livable Streets Presentations for Kindergartners and Pre-Schoolers
Last week, I used the dual media events of Bike Week and the opening of the Expo Line extension to speak at my kids' schools about Livable Streets issues. Joe and I thought it could make an interesting follow-up to our 2014 guide to planning a Walk/Bike to School Day for a school that does not already have that event on the calendar.
May 23, 2016
Parents Restrict Toy Guns, Why Not Restrict Toy Cars? #StreetsR4Families
Many parents, including me and my mother, don't let their kids play with toy guns. We believe that guns aren't good for kids. They inure children to the danger inherent to guns.
April 26, 2016
Some Recommended Toddler- and Transit-Friendly #StreetsR4Families Places
Having a child has made a big difference for my travel patterns, not just how I get around, but where and when I go.
December 15, 2015
#StreetsR4Families: So You Missed Walk to School Day…
This year, Walk to School Day was a huge success in Los Angeles. Over 100 schools participated in the event, it drew attention from the local media, and the messaging in said media was more than just, "LOOK--CUTE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL."
October 9, 2015
Streets and Justice Advocate Maryann Aguirre Featured in Video for International Women’s Day
A few months ago, we featured the story of the extraordinary Maryann Aguirre as part of our #streetsR4families series. The series looks at the experiences of parents trying to move their families safely through the streets of Los Angeles via transit, bicycle, or on foot. Speaking as a single mother from the working-class Latino community of Boyle Heights, Aguirre made it clear that she believed that streets around her would only truly be safe when her community, as a whole, was healthy and thriving.
March 13, 2015
#StreetsR4Families: Maryann Aguirre on Creating Safer Spaces for her Daughter
“The first [bike] ride I took Leah on was the Black-Brown Unity ride two years ago,” says Maryann Aguirre, member of the Ovarian Psyco-Cycles Bicycle Brigade, a cycling group comprised of women of color based in Boyle Heights, “and I was f*cking dying!”
December 19, 2014
