Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Parking

Summary of the Major Decisions from Today’s Metro Board Meeting

By Damien Newton and Carter Rubin | Oct 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

Here’s a quick rundown of the major votes by today’s Metro Board. Each of these five motions were discussed at Streetsblog over the last couple of weeks, and links to those stories can be found at the end of each summary. Streetsblog will have links to all news reports on today’s meeting tomorrow. Westside Subway […]

City of Lights Success: New LADOT Bike Parking at Day Labor Center in Pico-Union

By Damien Newton | Oct 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Allison Mannos from the LACBC’s City of Lights Program and Allison Mannos and Councilman Ed Reyes Install Bike Parking at the CARECEN Day Laborers Center How long does it take to install a bicycle rack? Once you have a place selected, all the tools, and funding to install it, installing a bicycle rack takes about […]

How to Lock up Your Bike & How to Bike Racks

By Enci Box | Jun 10, 2010 | 7 Comments

(If you don’t like my formatting, you can download this article as a pdf., here – DN) Last month I wrote an article about how important bike parking is in our urban environment. As long as there is no standard in bike parking in our city, riding a bike will continue to be considered a […]

All Dressed Up With No Place to Park

By Enci Box | May 4, 2010 | 13 Comments

I love riding my bike, even when it gets tense on the streets and even when I experience conflicts with motorists who don’t respect my space and come too close, cut me off, or endanger my life with their reckless driving. When I ride, I feel everything. Not just physically, when a small rock hits […]

The Problem(s) with Westlake MacArthur Park

By Damien Newton | Apr 28, 2010 | 4 Comments

Photo:High Snobiety Last week, Metro Chair Ara Najarian penned a piece for The Source announcing that bicycle parking is coming to the Westlake/MacArthur Park T.O.D. at some point in the future. It’s not everyday that the Metro Board Chair responds to something written on Streetsblog (although Stephen Box and I are debating which one of […]

Will “Street Cleanings” Be to Bike Corrals What “Slippery Paint” Is to “Sharrows?”

By Damien Newton | Apr 15, 2010 | 15 Comments

Photo: Portlandize Yesterday, the City Council Transportation Committee decided to send a motion to the full City Council stating: I THEREFORE MOVE that the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Department of City Planning, be requested to work with Council District 14 on implementing a Bike Corral pilot program along York Blvd between Avenue […]

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