The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems treat the uninitiated – and often bumbling – tourist? I’ve had the opportunity to travel to New York City a [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. Drivers, want more space on the roads? Push for bike lanes (The Globe and Mail) It seems counter intuitive: give up a precious road [continue reading]
If you’ve traveled along Fountain Ave. in Hollywood or Reseda Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley in the last year, you may have caught a glimpse of an LADOT trial “sharrow.” Also known as a shared lane marking, these painted road icons are designed to help Angelenos in cars share [continue reading]
My hunch is that the results won’t change much, but I’d like to see more readers vote in the above poll that Fred posted last week. Also, if you haven’t had a chance, I encourage you to read Fred’s opinion post, titled “CicLAvia, a glimpse at what L.A. could be [continue reading]
I missed L.A.’s first CicLAvia event last October because I was roaming the streets of some of Europe’s great cities including London, Paris and Amsterdam. What makes those Old World cities a welcome respite from L.A. is more than just their history or cultural institutions – it’s the liveliness found [continue reading]
photos by Hans Laetz, via submission On a visit to Washington D.C. in June, Hans took these photos of the new bike lane installed in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the Capitol Building. The Washington Post explained that the bike lanes were put in the [continue reading]
photo by Greg Raisman, via Flickr Nope, that’s not our Hollywood. That’s the Hollywood part of Portland, Oregon, the city with some serious cycling credentials. The cyclist is in a “bike box,” which the city has installed in several locations to try to eliminate collisions between cyclists and vehicles that [continue reading]
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]
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]
