Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Bike Thefts Becoming a Growing Problem in Los Angeles. What Can Be Done?

By Damien Newton | Nov 23, 2009 | 12 Comments

Not even Lance is safe. Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images Last weekend, when I was a guest on Bike Talk, the conversation in the room turned to what can be done about the growing number and boldness of bicycle thieves in Los Angeles. After lamenting that the LAPD basically declared it a non-priority, unless you can […]

More at Stake in City’s Measure R Debate than Just Bike/Ped. Issues

By Damien Newton | Nov 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

The city wants to use its Measure R Local Return for multi-modalism. Photo: In the summer of 2008, when Streetsblog first announced its "1% for bikes, 1% for peds. campaign" in what would later be known as Measure R, we never thought that a year and a half later we would still be fighting that […]

The Gold Line Is Rolling, Now What about a Bike Network to Support It?

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Gold Line crosses the L.A. River and heads toward Indiania on First Street within City Limits. During our ride on Friday, Steven Frien wondered a couple of times why there wasn’t talk of having a bicycle lane on 1st Street running parallel to the Gold Line on First Street . Later in the day, […]

Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit

By Elana Schor | Nov 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

When it comes to infrastructure improvements that encourage more people to walk or bicycle to transit stations, how long will commuters be willing to travel? The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has officially answered that question, proposing a significant expansion of the rules governing how close bike-ped projects should be to transit in order to receive […]

Streetfilms: Shocker from New York. 200 Miles of New Bike Infrastructure Leads to More Biking

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 10, 2009 | 8 Comments

This year the New York City Department of Transportation measured a 26 percent jump in commuter cycling. Coming on the heels of 2008’s unprecedented 35 percent growth, that puts the total two-year increase at a whopping 66 percent. Much of the growth in cycling can be attributed to the installation of 200 miles of bike […]

ABC 7 Poses Backwards Poll Question While KPCC Takes a Second Try at Bike-Car Conflicts

By Damien Newton | Nov 9, 2009 | 7 Comments

Weird wording…what do they have to be afraid of? Losing a mirror when sideswiping a cyclist? As we mentioned last week, there is reason for concern about the way the traditional media is covering the "bike v car" controversy in the wake of the verdict in the trial of Dr. Christopher Thompson. Sometimes there is […]

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