Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Cheviot Homeowners File Second Suit Against Expo Bikeway

By Damien Newton | May 23, 2012 | 6 Comments

A group of Cheviot Hills residents who’s property abuts the proposed Expo Bikeway on the Westside of Los Angeles have filed suit for the second time in two years alleging that environmental clearances given the bikeway were given in error. Their first lawsuit, filed in June 2010, resulted in the City of Los Angeles and […]

The State Senate Decides Whether to “Give Me 3” on Thursday

By Damien Newton | May 22, 2012 | 8 Comments

Senate Bill 1464, the three-foot bike passing bill proposed by California Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), heads back to the Senate on Thursday, May 24 after sailing through committee last week. Buoyed by a strong campaign by the California Bike Coalition (CBC) and TransForm, thousands of supporters have already written letters to their senators urging them to pass the bill. […]

Critical Minimum with the East Side Riders: From Watts to Long Beach on a Friday Night

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 21, 2012 | No Comments

“You are friends with them?” It sounded more like a statement of surprise than an actual question. The Japanese tourist couldn’t seem to reconcile that tiny, road-biking me might be hanging out with some burly, tough-looking guys on tricked-out cruisers late on a Friday night in a Long Beach gas-station parking lot. “Yep,” I nodded. […]

New York Times Focuses on Biking in L.A., Makes Some Space for L.A. Streetsblog

By Damien Newton | May 21, 2012 | 2 Comments

In the Sunday edition, the New York Times put aside a little space to talk about bicycling in Los Angeles. The article points to a boom in the popularity of bicycling throughout the city and gives the credit where it belongs: the advocates and ride leaders that created today’s bicycle culture. Writer Adam Nagourney takes […]

Area Cyclist Attempts to Enjoy Metro’s Bike Week, Fails Miserably

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 17, 2012 | 5 Comments

For reasons unbeknownst to me, I had a hard time figuring out what time the South L.A. Bike Week Pit Stops would be up and running today. I took a gander at the pit stop map and promptly devised a route in my head so I could hit all of the South L.A. stops. I […]

Eyes on the Street: Tell Us How You Really Feel

By Damien Newton | May 17, 2012 | 8 Comments

Talk about mixed messages. In preparation for this morning’s meeting of the Expo Bicycle Advisory Committee for Phase II, Culver City’s representative, Jim Shanman, visited the bike path for Phase I that starts at the La Cienega Station going west. At least he thought it was for the bike path, since apparently the path is […]

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