Thirteen Fun Family-Friendly Bike Rides Accessible Via Metro Transit
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Parents can take their kids on Metro rail (or BRT) to get to these family-friendly bike paths
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#StreetsR4Families: A Transit Oriented Field Trip
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Lessons learned from a first grade class field trip to the California Science Center via the Metro Expo Line
Family Bike Touring Along the California Coast
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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. […]
#StreetsR4Families- The Los Angeles River Ride
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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. After missing the ride for a couple of years due to my vacation plans, […]
#StreetsR4Families – Preparing Livable Streets Presentations for Kindergartners and Pre-Schoolers
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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 […]
Parents Restrict Toy Guns, Why Not Restrict Toy Cars? #StreetsR4Families
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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. But what about toy cars? I write about transportation, so I am no expert on guns. From a little online research, here’s what […]