Here’s some awesome news for anyone who wants to include bikeways in new or existing transportation, trip planning and geographic analysis tools in L.A. County. Metro has officially released all of its bikeway data gathered from 88 cities at http://developer.metro.net. The data, following on the agency’s previous release of its [continue reading]
Metro’s Bicycle Program has recently undergone a management change that is designed to bolster agency efforts to make L.A.’s transit system friendlier to bicycle commuters. Metro’s Bicycle Program is now under the leadership of Diego Cardoso, an executive officer within the planning department who also directs Metro’s pedestrian, transportation demand [continue reading]
Don’t forget Metro’s next Bicycle Roundtable meeting is Friday, Nov. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Metro headquarters, which is adjacent to Union Station. This roundtable will introduce new program staff, provide a status report from earlier subcommittee meetings on policy and planning and the discuss the bike parking [continue reading]
For those interested, here’s a pretty good summary of what’s going on with Metro’s bicycle program. The report was prepared by Metro staff for the Metro Board of Directors. It’s basically an update that staff writes up periodically. So what is going on? As the report details, there are efforts [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Could it be built today? (NPR) The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built during the Great Depression — and even then was [continue reading]
I hope everyone who had a chance to attend CicLAvia had a good time Sunday — and I really hope this is not a one-off deal. I hopped on a Gold Line train in Pasadena at 10:20 and the train was absolutely stuffed with bicycles and people. Don’t see that [continue reading]
In case you have somehow missed the news, 7.5 miles of streets in Los Angeles will be closed today for the benefit of cyclists and pedestrians. The event is called CicLAvia and it starts at 10 a.m. The above map shows the street closures. As part of the event, there [continue reading]
CicLAvia, L.A.’s very own effort to open city streets to bicyclists, pedestrians, joggers, skateboarders and others for a fun-filled day of recreation and social integration, is coming this Sunday, Oct. 10. If you’re planning on attending this premier event, don’t even think about driving because of street closures. Use Metro [continue reading]
I noticed that our friends at the Buzzer Blog in Vancouver ran a poll recently asking how many readers had actually loaded their bike onto a bus’ bike rack. The answer: about 60 percent of readers. Obviously it’s an unscientific poll targeted at cyclists in a very bike-friendly city. But [continue reading]
Illuminating a stellar effort in unraveling the region’s huge traffic knot, the Corporate Blue Diamond Award for 2010 was awarded Wednesday to the California Institute of Technology, the renowned research university in Pasadena. With a robust bike-to-work and to-school program that currently attracts some 600 participants, Caltech offers a wide [continue reading]
