Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Parking

Garcetti, Cyclists and the CRA Sponsor Bike Rack Design Contest

By Damien Newton | Feb 10, 2009 | 3 Comments

The winner of the recent bike contest in New York. Can you do better? There are few things that will turn me off more quickly to a place than a lack of bike parking or other bike facilities. Recently, the utilitarian bike rack has undergone a face lift. Be they the provocative designs of David […]

City Planning to Use Old Parking Meters for Bike Parking

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2009 | 8 Comments

Back at the start of the month, I asked readers for more story ideas and reader KG noticed that bike parking in the city was growing more scarce as parking meters were being removed for the new computerized parking plan. So, we asked the LADOT if they what they were planning to do to make […]

Underground Bike Parking in Japan

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

And now, for something completely different. While a lot of the local news recently has been negative, let’s take a second to forget our local issues for a moment and celebrate a new innovation in bicycle parking coming to us from the Land of the Rising Sun. The above video shows a new, automated, bicycle […]

Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin?

By Sarah Goodyear | Jan 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

(Editor’s Note: Earlier in the week when I asked for story suggestions in the new year, there was a mini-discussion of how the new meter-less parking downtown has reduced the amount of places for people to lock their bikes. Apparently, we’re not alone. For what it’s worth, LADOT tells me they’re working on a solution. […]

Vandals, Thieves Targetting Bikes at Metro Stops

By Damien Newton | Dec 8, 2008 | 14 Comments

Photo Taken from Enci’s Cell Phone at Red Line Universal Station As Metro struggles to make room for bikes on their trains, it seems the agency may have another bike issue to deal with:making their rail stations safe and convenient places to store bicycles. This weekend, the Pasadena Star News reported on the sad trend […]

Metro Board Getting Ready to Spend Measure R Money

By Damien Newton | Dec 2, 2008 | 1 Comment

No sooner has the news come out that Measure R has officially been passed by voters four weeks ago, the Metro Board of Directors is already moving to begin spending some of that money. This week’s special Metro Board meeting, the first since late October and the last in 2008, has some Measure R proposals […]

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