Bike to Work Day is May 19 — and Metro is offering free rides to cyclists. Here’s the news release from Metro detailing other cycling activities for the week: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is promoting “Bike Week LA” May 16-20 by supporting a host of activities [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. Driver gets 90 days in jail for hit-and-run involving bicyclist (L.A. Times) It’s been almost a year since Ed Magos was struck [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]
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]
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]
Bicycle commuters looking for more security when parking their bikes in the underground parking structure of Union Station’s East portal will be glad to hear that this week Metro installed a security camera to deter bike theft. The live feed is monitored by Metro Transit Security, and the surveillance video [continue reading]
An interesting nugget from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Caltrans notified the Southern California Association of Government (SCAG) and us that we received a $150,000 Partnership Planning Grant to develop a Bicycle Data Clearinghouse for measuring and reporting existing bicycle usage in Los Angeles County. Collecting all [continue reading]
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]
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]
