Bikeside LA

A note to the LA Times: do your research!  In an article on the cyclist anti-harassment ordinance, Shelby Grad writes:
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to study ways to protect cyclists.
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Among the ideas being consider: creating bike sharing lanes in certain areas, improving training for police and creating a cyclist “Bill [...]

Wednesday’s Transportation Committee will prove a litmus test on Rosendahl’s tenure as Chairman of the Transportation Committee.  Rosendahl will steer the committee in deciding whether to approve speed limit increases on Chandler, Beverly Glen, and Riverside Drive (LAist).  Will Rosendahl take proactive measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians, or sweep away progress thus far and [...]

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 [...]

If you’re dialed into bike blogs, you’ve probably read either Enci Box’s account or Stephen Box’s account of a recent meeting between LAPD and a swath of bike orgs.  For a review of the content of the meeting, I suggest either or both of their pieces.  I just thought I’d share my impression of the [...]

Brandon Chau was recently the victim of a hit and run while riding in Beverly Hills.  When he couldn’t identify the drivers face – because you always get a good look at the drivers face when they hit you with their car – Beverly Hills Police Department, the highest paid department in California, dropped the [...]

“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 [...]

Waaaay back on December 9th, Councilman (CD11) Bill Rosendahl asked 12 tough questions of city staff – Michelle Mowery, Jordann Turner, and Jane Blumenfeld (who is E-RIPping) – about the proposed LA Bike Plan.  I think the responses to the these questions are telling, so I clipped out the section and you can listen to [...]

Stephen Box has a whirlwind of a post up in City Watch, permanently hosted at SoapBoxLA.  It lays out the mistakes that were made by LAPD rank and file in handling a recent hit and run.  Ed Magos, a member of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, was hit and left for dead by Porsche driver [...]

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 [...]

“Take this plan and shove it.  Who needs it?  Not us.”
That’s been a common refrain in backroom discussions about the proposed LA Bike Plan.  When the plan first came out there was outrage at the lateness, and frustration with the narrow comment period.  Then, as people began to dissect the plan, dismay at how short [...]