Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Advocates Call on Gov. Brown to Prioritize Biking, Walking in State Budget

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 1, 2013 | No Comments

This article is cross-posted from the blog of former Streetsblog SF editor Bryan Goebel, who’s aiming to launch a new website “devoted to sustained coverage of biking, walking and transit issues in Sacramento, both at the Capitol and locally.” You can also follow Bryan on Twitter. A proposal in Governor Jerry Brown’s budget that would change how the administration doles […]

Fixing a roundabout that isn’t, Just a Block from the Beach

By Ted Rogers | Jan 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

When is a roundabout not a roundabout? Evidently, when it’s located roundabout the beach in Santa Monica. It’s not that the city by the sea hasn’t made great strides in recent years, particularly in justifying its designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community. The new Green Street on Ocean Park Blvd. shows Santa Monica’s commitment to […]

Breaking News: City Releases DEIR for 5 Year Bike Plan Implementation/My Figueroa Project. Further Study Not Needed

By Damien Newton | Jan 17, 2013 | 32 Comments

When Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 2245 into law, a law allowing certain bicycle projects to opt-out of the CEQA process, the news was somewhat buried. On the same day, the Governor vetoed the “Give Me 3” safety legislation that created a legal buffer between cyclists and passing automobiles earning the scorn of cyclists everywhere. […]

Bike Smut 6: Bike Porn Comes Back to Long Beach

By Brian Addison | Jan 17, 2013 | 4 Comments

Before you, dear reader, make any assumptions, I will be entirely frank: when I say “bike porn,” I am not being metaphorical or symbolic. I truly mean… Well, bike porn. Or as the creators Reverend Phil and Poppy Cox call their annual dive into bike-sexuality: Bike Smut 6, set to screen 13 filmic interpretations of […]

Blocking bike lanes in Santa Monica and Putting Bike Riders at Risk

By Ted Rogers | Jan 10, 2013 | 11 Comments

A week or so back, I was riding eastbound on San Vicente Blvd in Santa Monica, a block or two above Ocean Ave. It’s my usual route home after biking to the beach; drivers seem familiar with the bike lanes there, and, for the most part, seem to respect and stay out of them. Except […]

Apple’s new Santa Monica store — beautiful for tourists, ugly for bikes

By Ted Rogers | Jan 8, 2013 | 16 Comments

Just because Santa Monica is officially bike friendly doesn’t mean everyone there is. Even the ones you’d think would get it. For all its progress in recent years, there are still significant issues biking — and parking your bike — in L.A.’s city by the beach. As Gary Kavanagh has pointed out, bicyclists are officially banned from […]

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