Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Another Wonderful Long Beach First: Protected Bike Lanes

By Joe Linton | Apr 21, 2011 | 60 Comments

The city of Long Beach is Southern California’s undisputed leader in innovative infrastructure for safe and convenient bicycling. They’re at it again this Saturday, April 23rd 2011, when they unveil the first genuine protected bike lanes west of New York City. Opening festivities are from 11am to 2pm at the The Promenade – one block east of Pine Avenue. […]

Gabe Klein, Architect of DC’s Bike Progress, Is Chicago Bound

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 19, 2011 | No Comments

Chicago Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel has snapped up Gabe Klein, former head of the District Department of Transportation in Washington, to head up his transportation team in the Windy City. Klein earned a reputation as a transportation star in the nation’s capital, helping put Washington on the national map as a leading bike- and transit-friendly city. […]

Small Victories Update: City Closer to Legally Allowing Front Mounted Bike Seats

By Damien Newton | Apr 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

“That was the easiest hearing I’ve ever been to,” joked Alexis Lantz of the Bike Coalition as the two of us packed to leave hearing room 1010 in City Hall. Five minutes earlier, Transportation Committee Chair Bill Rosendahl opened the City Council Transportation Committee meeting with a ten second vote approving some parking districts followed […]

Bikelash in the SFV: Neighborhood Council Considers Asking for Bike Licensing

By Damien Newton | Apr 12, 2011 | 16 Comments

Even in the wake of another tremendously successful CicLAvia, there are still signs of a Bikelash growing in some quarters against progressive transportation design that attempts to make streets safer and efficient for all road users, not just automobiles. Tonight, the Northridge West Neighborhood Council will vote on what Los Angeles Bike Advisory Committee member […]

Wilbur Road Diet Debate Reaches Its Conclusion, Again

By Damien Newton | Apr 8, 2011 | 4 Comments

The heated debate over the Wilbur Road diet is back in the news as Councilman Greig Smith has asked the LADOT to move forward with a compromise proposal that it presented to a joint meeting of the Northridge West and Porter Ranch Neighborhood Councils last month. The Council’s had sent representatives to a “Wilbur Working […]

Life’s Little Victories: City Working to Legalize Front Mounted Children’s Bike Seats

By Damien Newton | Apr 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

When we last discussed Los Angeles Municipal Code 80.27, we explained how a couple of sentences of city law makes it technically illegal to ride a child in a cargo bicycle or front-mounted bicycle seat. While this law has been sparsely enforced, it is on the books and has been a thorn in the side […]

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