Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes Extended, Wilbur Avenue Lanes Questioned

By Joe Linton | Aug 23, 2010 | 8 Comments

Brand new bike lanes implemented on Reseda Boulevard. Photo by Joe Linton This past weekend, the city of Los Angeles striped two additional miles of bike lanes on Reseda Boulevard. The new 2-mile stretch of lane, reported in-progress here last week, extends from Devonshire Street to Parthenia Street. This stretch is nearly complete with lines fully […]

Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit

By Joe Linton | Aug 17, 2010 | 53 Comments

Former Mayor Richard Riordan presents training wheels to the wounded Mayor. For more pics from the conference, visist Gary Rides Bikes’ Flickr Page Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s first Bike Summit. Alongside Mayor Villaraigosa […]

New Bike Lanes Underway in West Valley on Eve of Mayor’s Bike Summit

By Joe Linton | Aug 15, 2010 | 7 Comments

Preliminary bike lane markings on Reseda Boulevard at Nordhoff. The lines are somewhat less visible than the permanent markings will be, they’re visible in the center of the image, in front of the bus. Photo by Joe Linton This past weekend, city of Los Angeles work crews were out scraping and putting down preliminary bike lane […]

Mayor Using “Google Moderator” to Reach Out Before Summit

By Damien Newton | Aug 13, 2010 | No Comments

Showing a little bit of tech-saavy, to help reach out to the notoriously technorati sprinkled throughout L.A.’s bike scene, Mayor Villaraigosa is using Google Moderator to rank questions for the Mayor in advance of Monday’s Bike Summit. You can go directly to the web-page set up for the Summit by clicking here. For those not […]

Rise and Shine, Mayor Announces “Bike Summit” for August 16

By Damien Newton | Aug 5, 2010 | 48 Comments

(Note: You can read full copies of the statements of everyone quoted below here.) The now famous picture of the mayor fooling around the night before his crash. Following his bike crash and broken elbow, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vowed to hold a "Bike Summit" to talk speak with cyclists about ways to make […]

Planning Note: Tonight’s Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting Postponed

By Damien Newton | Aug 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

I just sat down to lay out Carter’s piece on the RailLA exhibit Downtown and wanted to pass this on to any cyclists checking out the site this afternoon. The regular meeting of the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) will be postponed from tonight Tuesday, August 3, 2010 until next Monday, August […]

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