Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Closing the Exposition Bikeway Northvale Gap, Meeting Next Week

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2016 | 9 Comments

When Metro’s 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too. Except where it won’t. Two stretches of Expo bike path under construction are nearing completion. Unfortunately there is a 0.7-mile gap between them. Next week the city of L.A. will host a meeting to receive input on plans to close the gap, […]

Your Friday Video of Zen: DTLA Street Futures (Featuring CicLAvia)

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 18, 2015 | 3 Comments

What will the future streets of Los Angeles look like? And what sorts of innovations, interventions, infrastructure, interconnections, and events will help us get there? And can we get there in a way that is sustainable, grounded in community experiences, and does not displace residents of communities that have experienced historical disinvestment? Digital artist, […]

Equity Advocates Discuss Needs of “Invisible” Cyclists on HuffPost Live

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 4, 2015 | 18 Comments

Last week, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University published a story declaring that “Most Cyclists Are Working-Class Immigrants, Not Hipsters.” If you spend any time in the streets and/or pay attention to cycling issues, this is something you probably already knew. At least, intuitively. It’s been a little harder to substantiate that […]

Why LADOT Won’t Have Its Portion of the Expo Bikeway Done Anytime Soon

By Jonathan Weiss | Sep 9, 2015 | 17 Comments

I am City Councilmember Paul Koretz’ appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC). Former councilmember Jack Weiss (no relation) appointed me in 2006; Paul Koretz kept me on. The BAC charter says, “The purpose of the BAC is to act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor, City Council Members, and […]

Modacity, Formerly Vancouver Cycle Chic, Comes to L.A. and Santa Monica this October

By Damien Newton | Sep 1, 2015 | No Comments

Los Angeles Streetsblog, Santa Monica Next, Santa Monica Spoke, and the Echo Park Film Center are proud to present “Observations from an Emerging Bicycle Culture” in Santa Monica and at the Film Center this October. The multi-media presentation will be at the Echo Park Film Center (1200 N Alvarado St) on October 8 at 8 […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Closure Signage Gives Wrong Sign?

By Joe Linton | Jul 30, 2015 | 9 Comments

Streetsie winner Nathan Lucero encountered some irritating signage when bicycling north on the Main Street bike lanes near El Pueblo downtown. From his @onmybikeinla Instagram post: (lightly edited) After the bike lane on Main was closed twice, and blocked several times by multiple cars, these awful signs were at Arcadia. The left sign should read […]

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