Tag Archives: Los Angeles

L.A. County interactive bikeways map

Los Angeles County has published an interactive bikeways map that includes information about bikeway closures, plans for future trails, and bikeways from non-county jurisdictions (e.g. city of Los Angeles paths, etc). Go to LA County Department of Public Works for the real map. Via LA Transpo Headlines curated by LA Metro.

Mulholland Highway motorcycle vs bicycle

This one went a little viral in the various bicycle forums on Sunday. A motorcycle rider takes a curve too wide and too fast and plows into a pair of cyclists on the edge of the road. One rider reportedly walked away, the other was taken to the hospital. The location in this video is read more »

Figueroa & 11th, Los Angeles, California

Today, Figueroa Street in Los Angeles is kind of your typical six lane traffic sewer. As Steve Hymon writes for The (LA Metro) Source: Figueroa is one of those big, wide Los Angeles streets that resembles a freeway stuffed into the midst of a city. Los Angeles Councilwoman Jan Perry and the city’s Department of read more »

$25,000 reward for hit & run driver who hit cyclist Damien Kevitt

Damien Kevitt lost his leg after after a selfish dirtbag in a minivan made an illegal turn, striking Kevitt and dragging him 600 feet onto the I-5 freeway in Los Angeles last month. The city of Los Angeles are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the dirt bag who did read more »

Every lane a bike lane, on the bus

I and several others have mentioned LA Metro’s Every Lane a Bike Lane bicycle safety campaign. You’ve seen the graphic. Here’s how it looks on the back of a bus. It reached me via a Santa Cruz County transportation planner, who got it from this page, who in turn got it from Michael Manio who read more »

Former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner tells cyclists “GET OFF THE ROAD!”

Christopher Dorner is the guy on a one-man mission to clean up the Los Angeles Police Department and clear his name. In his rambling manifesto he names names and lists out the people he admires and loathes. He admires President George H.W. Bush, Senator Feinstein, and Anderson Cooper. He loathes most of the LAPD, NRA read more »