Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Bike Repair Racks and Other Ways to Make SoCal More Bike Friendly

By David Murphy | Feb 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

David Murphy is President of Angelenos Against Gridlock (http://www.endinggridlock.org, Twitter: @EndingGridlock). Lately, thanks to years of hard work by groups like the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and an increasing cadre of bike-friendly elected officials and staffers, it seems like SoCal is edging towards being a more bike-friendly place. But there’s still much to be done as we work towards this extremely […]

Our Newest Kickstarter: Help Us Document the “California Springtime Protest Pedal”

By Damien Newton | Feb 21, 2012 | No Comments

(We need to raise $7,250 in just under three weeks. Pledge a donation here, and please help spread the word. – DN) After the success of the Kickstarter campaign for Viva CicLAvia, we knew that we would be coming back with another campaign to do more films in 2012. While we have a plan for […]

Bryan August-Jones and John Jones III, leader of the East Side Riders, after the Ride 4 Love. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Activist Profile: The East Side Riders — Riding for Love

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 14, 2012 | 9 Comments

WHEN I FIRST MET JOHN JONES III, leader of the East Side Riders, he sized up all 5′ 2” of me and, instead of shaking my hand, stuck his straight up in the air. “You want to talk to me, you’re going to have to reach my hand!” he said, shaking with a big belly […]

Ride the City Opens Bike Mapping Page for Los Angeles

By Damien Newton | Feb 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

In 2008, around the same time that Streetsblog launched in Los Angeles, Ride the City launched in New York. Today, Streetsblog is happy to announce that the volunteer mapping effort is launching in Los Angeles. At worst, the program provides another alternative to the popular “bikes” feature on Google Maps. But because Ride the City […]

Rolling with the Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2012 | 9 Comments

The Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club are comprised of around 30 riders, and distinguished from other groups by the insane amount of detail that goes into crafting their custom bikes. It’s all for a good cause, however. They hope that by riding with pride through the streets of their communities–communities where recreational riding is […]

A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see […]

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