With this being Bike Week LA, Metro just released its first new county-wide bike map since 2006. The map includes new bike facilities built in the past four years, some topographical features and enlarged views of key areas. Information is also being conveyed to Google for use in their bike [continue reading]
Tomorrow, Wednesday May 19th, Metro and the L.A. Bicycle Coalition team up to host a ride through Downtown L.A. The ride starts near Union Station, the regional rail hub that links Metrolink, Amtrak, and Metro’s Red, Purple and Gold Line to Downtown. From there riders will navigate Downtown’s streets discovering [continue reading]
The eight-stage Amgen Tour of California bike race began Sunday in Northern California and will reach downtown Los Angeles on Saturday with an individual time trial through the city. Brett Lancaster, of Australia, holds the overall lead after stage two; the racers are today tackling the 113-mile stage between Santa [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbZQLyvyOhM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] UCLA Transportation produced this short video on bicycle commuting — a good subject since it’s Bike to Work Day on Thursday. It’s well worth watching and there’s more info on the video on the UCLA Be a Green Commuter Blog.
This falls into the category of not quite as dramatic as it sounds, but this summer Metro will modify its policy concerning bikes on Metro Rail during rush hour. At present, it’s up to the agency to decide whether trains are too crowded for cyclists to bring bikes aboard trains [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7bv-HTdm0[/youtube] Today marks the beginning of Bike Week LA and Thursday is the annual bike-to-work day. So it seems appropriate to kick off the week with a PSA from Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, with a gentle reminder that everyone needs to be mindful of cyclists and their [continue reading]
With Bike to Work Day coming net week, the city of San Francisco has been increasing its bike infrastructure around town. One of the recently-completed projects was to paint a bike lane on Market Street. Streetsblog San Francisco has a nice post. Excerpt: Papandreou and his team noted that even [continue reading]
Starting today, May 11, Metro consultants are planning to converge on 20 Metro Rail stations throughout L.A. County to conduct bike surveys and counts. They will be out there for three weeks, so if you’re a bicyclist who rides Metro, help them out and fill out a survey. Metro’s trying [continue reading]
Bike Week LA begins May 17 — a week from Monday. Here’s the press release from Metro with info on the wide array of activities during the week: CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES FOR THOSE WHO PLEDGE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE TO WORK METRO PROMOTES ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES DURING “BIKE WEEK [continue reading]
Ara Najarian, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metro and the mayor of Glendale, wrote the following on the bike parking situation at the new transit-oriented development being built just west of downtown Los Angeles: Last week’s groundbreaking of the Westlake/MacArthur Park joint development project was an important [continue reading]
