Bikeside LA

I thought I’d add an update on my personal circumstances, and use it as a chance to raise issues about cycling and sustainability. I’ve taken a job teaching in a remote area of the American Southwest, some fifty five miles from what even an exurb Angeleno would identify as a small to medium sized town. [...]

There’s still time to take Bikeside’s bike friendliness survey, and join the 478 people who have answered our core questions, including “do you think LA is bike friendly?”  Take it here, at Survey Monkey!  The survey will remain open until Sunday at midnight. For those of you who have taken it already – THANK YOU! [...]

Monday night, Santa Monica’s draft Bike Action Plan (BAP) was presented to the public for the first time at a Santa Monica Spoke meeting at 502 Colorado. Six city staff, one city council member and even one former mayor were in attendance. The atmosphere was jovial, and borderline celebratory.

“We’ve got seven kinds of Coke; five hundred kinds of cigarette. This freedom of choice in the USA drives everybody crazy.” –John Doe and Exene Cervenka, “See How we Are,” X Bicycles are wonderful tools. They magnify the limited physical abilities of the human body in a manner that is not completely at odds with [...]

As part of C.I.C.L.E.’s Community Workshops, Bikerowave volunteers stopped by A Place Called Home to demonstrate how a tire change is done proper. Thus, a sunny Sunday morning, a group of Bikerowave volunteers sailed across town in cars and on bikes to do what they do best: pass on wrenching skills. En route, we were [...]

This is an oldie, but a goodie. The interviewee rambles at times, but does make some coherent points, as outlined in the list of timestamps below. Memorable quotables included. Topic timestamps 0:00 – LA Critical Mass escort: LAPD’s role, corking “Come out and ride before you criticize” 1:45 – How to minimize motorist aggression during [...]

(this post from a new blogger for Bikeside, the Subjective Bureaucrat.  The Subjective Bureaucrat chooses to remain nameless, but you can bet he or she knows what he or she is talking about ; ]   I’m happy to have him or her on board!  -AT) In the world of planning, or on a larger scale [...]

This past Saturday, the city of Long Beach took a ground breaking step towards making their downtown area safer for cyclists. While not perfect, their protected bike lane design is considerably safer than most options seen in Southern California thus far.

Two months ago, the Bike Plan Implementation Team met at City Hall and walked away with an informal top ten list of cycling infrastructure projects.  Since then, Planning and DOT have refused to put their time and energy toward any proposals that are not on the list.  When advocates complain to the authorities, they are [...]

Evolution calls for better bike lanes Call them what you want: Cycle Tracks, Protected Bike Lanes, Bike Paths. Bottom line is, most people won’t start riding until you take cars out of the equation. Why? Because even well-intentioned people do stupid or careless sh**, and when people do stupid or careless sh** while in a [...]