Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Last Night’s Bike Meeting Highlights: Late Start, Unanswered Questions but Anti-Harassment Ordinance Moves On

By Damien Newton | Dec 10, 2009 | 24 Comments

Cyclists wait in line to testify on Bike Plan. By the time the bike portion of the "Bike-Only" City Council Transportation Committee hearing began at 3:45, one hour and forty-five minutes late, it was clear that the bicycling-love-fest that we’ve seen at past "Bike-Only" meetings wasn’t going to happen. Not only did the meeting start […]

Next Wednesday: Another Bike-Only City Council Transportation Committee Hearing

By Damien Newton | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

Via the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, next Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. will be another "bicycle heavy" Transportation Committee Hearing. There’s some new and interesting stuff on the agenda, such as a "bicycle anti-harassment ordinance," and some old friends such as an update on the Draft Bike Plan. Below is the LACBC’s email, and once […]

Critical Mess Update: LAPD Looking Into Incident. Working Group to Form Next Year.

By Damien Newton | Dec 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

Critical Mass takes a rest in February of 2008. Photo: digablesoul/Flickr The now Streetsblog-Famous Lt. Andre Dawson gave me a call last night to discuss where the LAPD is in working on its bike policy after we traded messages about last Friday’s incident between the LAPD and Critical Mass. We discussed a couple of issues, […]

Eyes on the Street: LADOT Rides the Sidewalk

By Damien Newton | Dec 1, 2009 | 13 Comments

Photo: The God of Thor This photo of an LADOT parking enforcement cyclist riding down the sidewalk was taken yesterday afternoon. Of course, riding in the sidewalk is perfectly legal in Los Angeles. However given some of the actions by the LAPD and the warnings by bicycle safety experts that sidewalk riding is the most […]

In San Francisco: Judge Partially Lifts Ban on Bike Injunction

By Matthew Roth | Nov 30, 2009 | No Comments

Under the judge’s order, the MTA can only install 3.7 of the 14 miles of bike lanes it had hoped to paint in the first year. Flickr photo: Doubletee (Editor’s note: Because the LADOT uses the lawsuit barring bicycle projects in San Francisco as reason to "go slow" on bike projects, I thought checking in […]

New Chief, New Relationship with Cyclists? LAPD Creates Bicycling Working Group

By Damien Newton | Nov 25, 2009 | 4 Comments

An LAPD bike officer, moments after complaining to me about Midnight Ridazz, corks an intersection during the 2008 4SBB ride. Photo: Ingrid Peterson/Flickr Over the last several weeks, Mayor Villaraigosa and his new police chief, Charlie Beck, have been holding community meetings and town halls throughout the city. At nearly every stop, they were met […]

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