Bikeside LA

This Saturday, March 6th, we’ll finalize the Backbone Bikeway Network streets, and move on to discussing methods for making those streets ultra safe and ultra convenient for cyclists.  From 2pm till 5pm the fifth Bike Working Group will convene at the Hollywood Adventist Church (around the back) at 1711 N Van Ness Blvd.
Everyone is welcome, [...]

As the city, state and federal government burn money that doesn’t exist, City Councilman Bill Rosendahl & Paul Koretz are pushing LA to support an extension of the beach bike path at $15 million per mile. Cyclists’ have expressed preference for on-street facilities in the city, but the two West LA councilman, who both serve on the Budget & Finance Committee, [...]

LAPD Sergeant David Krumer and Commander David Doan sorted through massive collision data for 2008, and found that in 2008, 23% of bike involved traffic collisions are Hit & Run – 3% were misdemeanor and 20% were felony.  This was just one statistic of many in a report on bike collisions in LA in 2008.  [...]

Jeremy Grant, one of the members of the Bike Working Group Steering Committee, just released the Valley Area map for the Backbone Network. I highly recommend going over there and reading his post, because he gives some good visuals of how we put the network together, and has some interesting comments on it.  Also, because [...]

There will be some new guest bloggers around the place in the coming weeks, but if some writer comes in and says “I this, I that” without stating who they are, you probably know it’s me, Alex.  For instance, they might say “I’m running for Community Director of Mar Vista Community Council.”

Bill Rosendahl and Paul Koretz sponsored a motion to spend $30 million dollars on 2 miles of bike path (report by the Chief Legislative Analyst – pdf), extending the beach bike path further north.  That’s FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS per mile.
Resolution (Rosendahl – Koretz) to include in the City’s 2009-2010 Federal Legislative Program SPONSORSHIP and/or SUPPORT [...]

If you open the draft of the proposed Bike Plan, and you flip to the maps, you’ll find a sixteen pages of confusing mess: dashed lines, dotted lines, infeasible lines, and tiny street names.  By contrast, when the Bike Working Group publishes its Best Bike Plan (a community effort to produce a ambitious bike plan [...]

I was returning from my other girlfriend’s girlfriend’s in the hills and I stumbled on this sign:

A press release given to me by the masked man – V himself – proclaim a collaboration between the City and the Department of Do-It-Yourself:
In an unprecedented move, the City of Los Angeles contacted the Department of DIY to [...]

Alex “TallCans” (aka Joker) organized a huge bike polo (Wikipedia, LA Bike Polo) tourney in the Valley in late December.  It drew top players from all over the country.  Anyway, I’m a million years behind on my photos, and here are my best ones (Flickr set) from that event.  You can also check out a [...]

(Better late than never?  Writers block plagues me, so I’m sorry if this is a bit dense.)
Are you free Friday?  Ride with us to support the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights.  The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee will review the progress of the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights this Friday at 1pm (Facebook event listing.)  It’s [...]