Crips and Bloods Feeling the Pinch of Rising Gas Prices?
As if the Los Angeles bike scene weren’t intense enough, the L.A. Times reported a gang-related bike-by shooting yesterday.
Time to trade in the 22’s and hydraulics for a Schwinn?
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Los Angeles Gets Its First Protected Bike Lanes
By Joe Linton |
Implementation of the very first parking-protected bike lanes in Los Angeles is underway on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge.
Santa Monica’s Savvy Multimodalism
By Clarence Eckerson Jr. |
Santa Monica is trying just about everything in its transportation system: bike-share, a mix of bike lane treatments, a new rail line, neighborhood greenways, a pedestrian action plan, a new promenade/protected bike lane where the Expo line terminates, and of course they have the hard-to-miss Big Blue Bus! In the last six months alone the city has launched Breeze […]
Conquering the Unbearable Whiteness of Bike Advocacy: An Equity How-To
By Tanya Snyder |
Many bicycle advocacy groups find themselves in a sticky position today: They’re increasingly aware that their membership doesn’t reflect the diversity of the broader population, but they’re not sure how to go about recruiting new members, or how to do it in a way that doesn’t amount to tokenism. The League of American Bicyclists has […]
Streetfilms: Bike Co-ops in Los Angeles
By Brad Aaron |
On his recent west coast tour, Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson visited three bustling Los Angeles bike repair co-ops: Bike Oven, Bikerowave, and their progenitor, Bike Kitchen. Despite its reputation as ground zero for car congestion, the sprawling City of Angels clearly sports a robust bike scene. Writes Clarence: I don’t know if there is an official […]
Comparing 20 Years of Housing Growth in American Cities
By Angie Schmitt |
Here’s an interesting way to visualize how different regions are growing (or not). Using a tool developed by the University of Virginia Demographics Research Group, Michael Andersen at Bike Portland shares these charts showing where housing growth has happened relative to city centers. The dark brown lines show the number of occupied housing units at one-mile intervals […]
In California Cities, Drivers Want More Bike Lanes. Here’s Why.
By Tanya Snyder |
Whenever street space is allocated for bicycling, someone will inevitably level the accusation that the city is waging a “war on cars.” But it turns out the people in those cars want separate space for bicycles too, according to surveys conducted in two major California metropolitan areas. Bike lanes make everyone feel safer — even […]