Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Times Asks: Should L.A. Give Cyclists More Space on the Road

By Damien Newton | Feb 8, 2010 | 6 Comments

I was waiting to write about "L.A.’s Best Bike Plan’s" Bike Backbone Network that’s was slowly rolled out over the last week until all three maps were public. In the meantime, the Los Angeles Times and KPCC have picked up on part of the story, getting some of the major details wrong. The Bike Backbone […]

LAPD: Nearly a Quarter of All Bike Crashes Are Hit and Runs. Help Us Cut Down on Crashes

By Damien Newton | Feb 5, 2010 | 15 Comments

Image: LAPD via Westside Bikeside A new presentation on the causes and severity of bicycle crashes, available here after being hand-scanned by Enci Box, has been made available and analyzed at Westside Bikeside by Dr Alex Thompson. Amongst the results is the above chart showing that nearly one quarter of the reported bicycle crashes in […]

Now the Times Is Just Rubbing It In

By Damien Newton | Feb 1, 2010 | 8 Comments

Photo: Times Here at LA Streetsblog, we spend a lot of time looking at some of the bicycle and pedestrian designs from around the world and going "why not us?" Budapest. Copehnagen. Beijing. Heck, even Tempe and Baltimore are doing better when it comes to supporting cyclists. Well, thanks to the Times, we have a […]

The “Bike-Ped.” State of the Union Has Some Interesting Information for L.A. County

By Damien Newton | Jan 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

Really? Los Angeles doesn’t spend much on bicycle or pedestrian infrastructure? Who knew could tell by looking at this beautiful street. For the second time in three months, a national coalition of bicycling and pedestrian advocates took a look at how federal funds are being spent on projects designed to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe […]

CHP Officer Perez Reponds to Criticism from Last Week’s Column. Still Hands Out Misinformation.

By Damien Newton | Jan 29, 2010 | 23 Comments

I took this picture while going the "wrong way" in a crosswalk. Maybe the Whittier Daily News and other newspapers that syndicate Officer Al Perez’s column, "Ask a Cop," ought to consider changing the name to something else. Maybe "Ask a Cop, but not about bicycle laws." Or, "Ask a cop, but be prepared to […]

A Bike-Ped State of the Union: 9.6% of Trips, 1.2% of Federal Funding

By Elana Schor | Jan 28, 2010 | 3 Comments

(editor’s note – Local coverage tomorrow. – DN) With the nation still digesting the State of the Union address, the Alliance for Biking & Walking picked an auspicious day to release their biennial Benchmarking report on America’s bike-ped behavior. The group’s bottom-line conclusion: federal transportation funding continues to disproportionately shortchange travelers powered by their own […]

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