Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

“The Times’ Editorial Page Is Pro-Bike.”

By Damien Newton | Sep 30, 2013 | No Comments

This weekend, the Los Angeles Times formally launched “Roadshare,” a specialized opinion page that focuses on bicycling, bike culture, and the controversy over creating safe space on the street for all road users. It announced this new web venture with an editorial, “Sharing the Road and an op/ed piece by Robert Greene entitled “Cycling in […]

The Looming Disaster of the Hyperion-Glendale Bridges Re-Design

By Damien Newton | Sep 27, 2013 | 6 Comments

Earlier this week, Streetsblog published an article about how the Hyperion-Glendale Complex of Bridges Rehabilitation Project was giving short shrift to bicyclists and pedestrians and everyone that lived in the area. At the time, based on information provided to us by the Bureau of Engineering, I assumed that the issue could be resolved by arguing […]

Better Late Than Never: LaBonge and O’Farrell Celebrate Yucca Street, L.A.’s First Bike Friendly Street

By Damien Newton | Sep 26, 2013 | 9 Comments

In September of 2012, my son and I took a field trip to Hollywood not to see the tourist sites, but to ride on my bicycle back and forth on the .8 miles of Yucca Street, Los Angeles’ first Bicycle Friendly Street. Earlier today, Los Angeles City Council Members Mitch O’Farrell and Tom LaBonge hosted […]

Eyes on the Street: the Ongoing Humiliation of the Spring Street Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Sep 23, 2013 | 9 Comments

As we reported last week, the dangerousification of Spring Street is in full swing these days. With the City Council mandated water blasting of the Green Buffered Bike Lane completed, advocates wait for the city to install its completely untested, but less expensive, new paint design. But while we wait for the city to make […]

Los Angeles Times Opinion Page Promises More Coverage of Bike Issues

By Damien Newton | Sep 18, 2013 | 15 Comments

It’s not a surprise that sometimes I miss a story when I write “Today’s Headlines.” It is equally unsurprising when someone emails me a link to a missed story. It is something of a surprise when the person emailing me is an editor at the Los Angeles Times. But yesterday, all of those things happened. […]

By the Numbers: Counting Bikes and Pedestrians in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 11, 2013 | 7 Comments

As the cloud of sarin gas descended on the scene, party-goers once happily doing the Carlton dance were suddenly writhing on the ground in agony. Huh? I rolled over and looked at the clock. It was 4 a.m. Thanks, NPR, for invading my weird retro dream. I rubbed my eyes and stumbled toward my coffee […]

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