Bikeside LA

Santa Monica Spoke is leaving the SM Pier (Ocean and Colorado) at 8:30am.  Slow pace. (SM Spoke blog, Facebook event page) BikeRoWave is leaving Mar Vista at 9:30am sharp – we really mean 9:30! 12-15mph pace.  (Blog, Facebook event) There is also a UCLA group led by E3 (Economy, Ecology, Equity) leaving the Ackerman Bus [...]

I’m going to come right out and say it:  West LA commuters are about to get their shit fucked up for a year by CalTrans and Metro.  And I believe that while those commuters are covering the brakes, the transportation movement has an opportunity to accelerate. I’m referring, of course, to the planned ramp closures [...]

You must go to CicLAvia.  I’ll offer you reasons you should go, but the real reason is that you don’t have a choice – CicLAvia is now compulsory for all cyclists, so says the Bikeside Illuminati.  The reasons are just a way for you to feel like you made the decision to go to CicLAvia [...]

It’s four days to election day, and the Los Angeles bike movement’s first chance to elect one of their own, the illustrious Stephen Box, to LA City Council.  If there’s one thing you can do between now and election day, it’s come out to Stephen’s Sunday bike ride – the Tour De Box!  (on Facebook) [...]

Now that it looks like the municipal Anti-Cyclist Harassment ordinance will pass, it’s imperative that you do your best to bring the accountable parties to justice.  This means reporting your incident to either the nearest police department or quickly submitting it to LA BikeMap.

After 7 long years in Los Angeles, I can’t say that I have ever been fully satisfied with any neighborhood I’ve lived in.  A few neighborhood gems peppered in between strip malls and swaths of concrete amount to a frustrating experience when trying to get around.  People always bring up the ethnic diversity and plentiful [...]

It’s time for cyclists to get out in numbers and support Stephen Box for City Council. He’s our candidate, he fights for us everyday, and if we get him in City Hall, the sky’s the limit for biking in Los Angeles. Come out every Wednesday from now till election day (3/8) to walk precincts in [...]

Friday, November the 5th, is a classic “Good News, Bad News” for cyclists. It’s Good News for cyclists who want the City Council to issue a resolution in support of the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights along with a resolution establishing a Complete Streets policy for transportation projects. The Cyclists’ Bill of Rights was written by [...]

If you haven’t read through it yet, set some time aside.  It’s worth seeing what West Hollywood aims to do in terms of making their community more livable.  The Mobility Chapter (PDF) has some very forward-thinking language.  It aims to create a more walkable, bikeable city.  This small, yet centrally-located city can do a lot to [...]

There are two great events on Saturday that I want to make sure you don’t miss.  First, there’s the TDF.  No, not the Tour De France.  It’s the Tour De Fat . . . the bikes & beer festival sponsored by New Belgium Breweries!  New Belgium Breweries are the famous brewers of every cyclist’s favorite [...]