Bikeside LA

It’s always good to know what you’re up against.  This article in the LA Times Comments Blog, was an eye opener.  It summarizes comments on an article on the Backbone Bikeway Network.  The best?  Julie writes:
I am begging you – NO!!!!!! let bicyclists ride on paseos and around neighborhoods. Bikes are NOT viable [...]

Unless you’ve been under a rock where they don’t have the internet, you know that the Mandeville Canyon road rager, Christopher Thompson, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.  From a punitive standpoint, he deserves every lick.  For many though, it’s hard to celebrate that; even Ron Peterson, who lost his nose to Thompson’s [...]

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a [...]

Bikerowave moved into it’s new location on August 1st.  We left Santa Monica, and a back alley semi-industrial area, and moved into prime real estate on Venice Blvd in Mar Vista.  In the process I took 2800 photos, documenting the first 60 days at our new location.  You can check out the keepers in the [...]

Westside Bikeside got hacked like you wouldn’t believe.  SIX times.  For a few weeks this has been the hottest Cialis pushing bike blog in the universe.
So if you’ve had problems reaching the website, or with your RSS feed of Email subscription, that could be why.
Stop by and check out how the site has been made [...]

David Pura took my challenge to write the introduction to LA’s Best Bike Plan, the bike plan written for cyclists, by cyclists:

Bicyclists can, and will, ride on every city street; California law allows as much.
Bicyclists, pedestrians, social vehicles and private vehicles will equally share the privileges and responsibilities of the public realm; these will be [...]

(by Mihai Peteu)
As a Santa Monica resident that relies on his bike for everything from work commuting, to running errands, to recreation, our city’s bike friendly image is starting to wear thin. The utter disrespect shown towards the few “safe” bikeways provided to us around town is simply despicable.  As previously reported, Santa Monica is [...]

(by Mihai Peteu)
The MTA rapid on Wilshire is one of the most heavily used bus routes in the city of Los Angeles. After staring at the 720 Timetable + Route(PDF) dozens of times, it became pretty clear that there’s no reason why the bikeways in the city can’t be modeled after where I, a [...]

(via AudunV on Flickr)
 Tuesday afternoon, last week.
I’m cruising home from the ear/nose/throat specialist, fighting the wind on Venice Blvd.  If you know me in real life, well you might wonder if I was getting checked for eligibility for ear reduction surgery.  No dice – Kaiser told me my radar dishes are a preexisting medical condition [...]

Broadway should be sacred pavement for cyclists.  Bike lanes, ideally, should serve as safe cross-town pathways for cyclists, taking you from one borough to another.  Not just to the grocery store and back.  They should have buttery smooth pavement since bikes don’t do nearly as much damage to the road surface.
Unfortunately, in Bronze-Award Bike Friendly [...]