Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

San Fernando Votes To Move Forward With Pacoima Wash Bikeway

By Joe Linton | Mar 18, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last night, the city of San Fernando moved a step closer to constructing a new bike path along the Pacoima Wash. The city council voted unanimously, 5-0, in favor of seeking California state Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding. If everything goes smoothly, the Pacoima Wash Bikeway would open to the public in early 2017. The […]

Bike San Diego Wins National Advocacy Award, Sets Sights Higher

By Melanie Curry | Mar 17, 2014 | No Comments

Bike San Diego won this year’s Advocacy Organization of the Year award from the Alliance for Biking and Walking at the National Bike Summit earlier this month in Washington, D.C. Pretty good for an all-volunteer-run organization that has only been around for a little over a year. During that year, however, BikeSD shifted from being […]

California Biking, Walking, Transit Use Up Despite Little Investment

By Melanie Curry | Mar 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

The news from Caltrans’ 2012 California Household Travel Survey is not too surprising: Californians are making more trips by walking, bicycling, and transit than they were in 2000. The survey found the percentage of trips by these modes doubled in ten years and make up nearly 23 percent of all trips in the state. That means car […]

The Wheels of Justice Slowly Begin to Turn in the Hit-and-Run that Killed Andy Garcia

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 7, 2014 | No Comments

She made the decision to drink. She ran over me and my two friends, and she fled. She killed a friend of mine. My back and other bones were broken, and I was out of work for three months, recounted Mario Lopez (in Spanish, above), to a reporter from Canal 22 yesterday. He was one of […]

Times: City Blew it on Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2014 | 5 Comments

The Los Angeles Times weighed in on the fire fight over the Wolfpack Hustle Marathon Crash Race cancellation. While the Times pretty much treats the city’s version of events as fact, it still finds the city at fault for forcing the cancellation of a fun, low-cost event that attracted thousands of Angelenos to a safe […]

Federal Changes Causing Metro to Withdraw Previously Approved Funding for Bike and Ped Projects

By Joe Linton | Mar 6, 2014 | 12 Comments

At last week’s board meeting, Metro weighed the future of its commitment to funding active transportation: walking and bicycling. Changes in federal government funding are leading Metro to withdraw from its past bike and ped programs. Right now, 49 projects, totaling over $90 million, are on Metro’s list for “transition.” Metro had approved funding for these, […]

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