Metro wants your input on their proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year. You can respond online or in person at any of the meetings below.
And be sure to rank Active Transportation at the top of your priority list.
Which hopefully means more than just running to catch the bus that’s leaving without you.
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West Hollywood unveils its draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan, which promises to deliver real networks for bicycling and walking.
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
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Now you, too, can make your pancakes like the pros do.
An entire Iranian cycling team gets banned after two of its riders test positive for steroids.
Just like sidewalk cyclists in cities around the world, pro cyclists Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke could face a fine. They should do their racing in Los Angeles, where riding on the sidewalk is legal.
And despite Sagan’s example, a mouthful of candy probably isn’t the best way to refuel on your ride.
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Local
KPCC looks at the CD1 city council race between embattled incumbent Gil Cedillo and four challengers, most notably our own Joe Bray-Ali.
This month’s LACBC Sunday Funday ride will be a feeder ride from Highland Park to the 626 Golden Streets event.
Metro unveils the locations of Pasadena’s coming bikeshare system.
State
Fresno releases their $1.3 billion Active Transportation Plan, despite not building out the city’s previous plans. Not unlike the languishing plans found most cities, where new bike and pedestrian plans are usually forgotten as soon as they’re written.
A San Francisco bike rider was the victim of a violent mugging when someone whacked him with a crowbar and stole his bike. One more reason to always wear a helmet.
Oddly, if you fail to remove parking meters from the curb next to a raised San Francisco bike lane, drivers will continue to park there.
Caught on video: A Sacramento cyclist is lucky to be alive when his back wheel is clipped by a speeding train after riding onto a railroad crossing. No word on whether he rode through the barriers, or even if the crossing had crossing arms or warning lights.
Security video was posted online that shows the fatal shooting of a bike rider in Redding last month; the driver claims it was self defense, though the victim may have been reacting to a near collision.
National
Schwinn invites you to relive your childhood with a new limited edition Lemon Peeler Stingray.
Mountain bike legend Gary Fisher says e-mountain bikes are the next big thing, because they remove all the work and just leave the fun. Which kind of takes the fun out of it.
Like pretty much anything else from Ikea, their new bike requires some assembly, but Fast Co-Exist says you’ll have a very rideable urban bike when you’re done.
This is the cost of traffic violence. One of the nation’s leading experts on bioterrorism was killed in a collision when he was collateral damage in a wreck between two cars in St. Louis.
Friends of a killer Minnesota driver blame a possible undiagnosed brain tumor instead of intoxication for the crash that took the life of a runner in a crosswalk.
CNBC talks with MIT physicist Assaf Biderman, maker of the Copenhagen Wheel, which promises to turn nearly any bike into an ebike.
A New York driver cuts a teenage bike rider off as he rides on a sidewalk, then blames him for getting mad.
A New Orleans writer calls Mardi Gras a gateway drug that turns people on to the possibility of two-wheeled transportation because it’s the most efficient way to get around during carnival season.
Bike-riding medics protect the crowd at the Mobile AL Mardi Gras celebration.
International
The family of a fallen British bicyclist call for reforming the country’s sentencing laws after the driver who killed him cops a plea for a reduced sentence.
Britain could cut serious bicycling collisions by a third just through better enforcement of safe passing laws.
A British man decides he needs a change, and bikes 9,000 miles from his hometown to South Africa, while expecting to get jumped by a lion along the way.
The leading Dutch bikeway engineering guide gets an update, showcasing the country’s best bike practices. Which means the best practices, period.
Five German woman have been attacked by an acid-throwing bike rider since December.
Finally…
If at first you fail to hit a cop with a bicycle, try throwing a tricycle. Is it still a three state challenge if there’s only two?
And if you’re going to flee from a failed break-in, remember to take your bike with you.
“An entire Iranian cycling team gets banned after two of its riders test positive for steroids.”
The Ban will probably lifted soon by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and the Washington Supreme Court.
RE: WeHo Ped/Bike Plan
“Nearly 43% of cyclists ride on the sidewalk in the
City (based on counts taken at selected locations, as
part of this Plan). While this may reduce the danger
of collisions between cyclists and motorists, it puts
strain on the sidewalk and frustrates pedestrians.”
??? Reduce collisions? IT INCREASES collisions. 2 months ago a girl was right-hooked riding on the sidewalk in WeHo. You would think they would get a clue and listen to folks who actually have training and who actually ride bicycles.
Until WeHo, BH, LA proper get it through their thick heads that sidewalk riding is extremely dangerous for cyclists, they will continue on in their ignorance.
Their bike patrols ride on the sidewalks.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills …