Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Happy Second Birthday, Eastside Bike Club

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

This Saturday, the Eastside Bicycle Club turns two with a big party planned for its second birthday party at Lincoln Park from 2:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. The event will feature a pair of concurrent bike rides, the handing out of the "Golden Crank" awards, an all-afternoon barbeque and a fireworks show. A fireworks show? […]

Also Coming Later Today: L.A.’s Bike Plan

By Damien Newton | Jun 18, 2010 | 19 Comments

Excerpt from the 2009 Draft Bike Plan Via the LADOT Bike Blog comes the news cyclists and community activists have been waiting for: The Department of City Planning and LADOT will finally be releasing the final draft of the Bike Plan, a mere half a year behind schedule. Sources at LADOT have told me to […]

Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow

By Ben Fried | Jun 17, 2010 | No Comments

Graph: FHWA [PDF] Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects reached a new high last year, according to a report released yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration. In terms of dollars, federal investment in walking and biking more than doubled compared to the previous high, set in 2007, thanks largely to an infusion of $400 […]

Notes from Saturdays Bicycle and Pedestrian Meeting in Culver City

By Ron Milam | Jun 14, 2010 | 4 Comments

Photo: Ron Milam (If you live in Culver City, get your comments in on how you’d like your city to improve things for "people powered transportation" by June 18! – DN) Approximately 75 people participated in the bicycle and pedestrian planning process in Culver City on June 12th for a three-hour community workshop. The workshop […]

No Objections to Rosendahl/Garcetti Mode Count Motion

By Damien Newton | Jun 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

."Count the people, not the cars. Photo:Tilda Show/Flickr In 2008, then Metro Board Chair, and current Board Member and Santa Monica City Council Woman Pam O’Connor wrote during one of her online chats that, …one problem is that current environmental review focuses on the movement of the single occupant vehicle and "mitigations" to keep those […]

Two-Year Outreach for Culver City’s Bike-Ped. Plan Ends This Saturday

By Meghan Sahli Wells | Jun 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

A quick stop from last month’s Culver City Family Ride. Photo: LACBC/Flickr I became passionate about biking when I lived in Paris. Mayor Bertrand Delanoe had implemented a bold transportation plan making biking safe, practical, accessible and fun. When I moved back here, I decided not to get caught up in the L.A. car culture: […]

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