Los Angeles is the nation’s second most expensive city, and number 14 in the world.
Which is as good a reason as any to ride a bike instead of driving.
It may not make the city any cheaper, but it could save you hundreds of dollars every month.
Or at the very least, you might forget about the pain in your wallet for awhile, and get where you’re going with a smile on your face.
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Curbed looks at the inevitable bikelash over plans for a road diet on Pasadena’s Orange Grove Blvd.
The outrage from local residents has already torpedoed a second public meeting originally scheduled for tomorrow.
Although I’m told that the opposition is being guided by the people behind anti-traffic safety group Keep LA Moving, which has apparently set its sights on halting any lane reduction plan in the greater LA area.
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Local
A meeting in Pomona tonight will discuss plans for next month’s Heart of the Foothills CicLAvia through San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona and Claremont.
It’s Walk to School Week in Long Beach.
State
Sad news from Foster City, where a 78-year old bike rider was killed in a collision on Friday.
National
No, you can’t ride your ebike on BLM or Forrest Service trails.
The Pew Charitable Trust looks at the possible spread of the Idaho Stop Law, which was considered in a number of states this year — including California, where it failed in part thanks to opposition from AAA, which seems to have confused the solution with the problem.
The family of a Las Vegas surgeon was awarded $18.7 million after he was killed when his bike was sucked under a bus due to an allegedly faulty aerodynamic design.
Life is cheap in Texas, where a killer hit-and-run driver got out of jail 10 months early thanks to a legal loophole; not surprisingly, his lawyer thinks he’s done more than enough time. Thanks to Steve Katz for the link.
A Chicago weekly says Lima, Peru’s beautiful boulevard bike paths could be a hit in the Windy City.
Outside looks at healthy workplaces, including the new extremely bike-friendly SRAM headquarters in Chicago.
More proof of the intelligence of Harvard students, as a new $50 bicycle subsidy program sells out in the first week; the student government votes to expand the program as a result. Thanks to the Preven Report for the heads-up.
The Wall Street Journal discovers the flood of dockless bikeshare around the US.
Philadelphia is flipping bike lanes from right to left on one way streets to make bicyclists more visible to drivers at intersections.
International
A new study shows that requiring bicyclists to wear hi-viz had no impact on collision rates.
Canada’s Cycling Magazine offers advice on what to do, and not to do, when taking your bike to a mechanic this spring. I’ve said it before; treat a good wrench like your best friend, because for your bike, he — or she — is.
This is who we share the roads with. A British Columbia woman insists she wasn’t drunk when she crashed her car, just texting.
Toronto bicyclists stage a die-in on the steps of city hall in advance of a vote for a complete streets redesign a major thoroughfare.
The Guardian offers advice on what to do if your bike hits a pothole. Which is good advice here, too. Especially the part about hiring a lawyer if you’re going to take on city hall.
Life is cheap in the UK, where a driver gets off with just eight months for plowing through traffic lights and into a bike rider while driving with five times the legal level of a cocaine derivative in his system. Seriously, who knew there was a legal level of coke for getting behind the wheel?
Clearly, hit-and-run isn’t just an American problem. Although apparently in the UK, it’s considered hit-and-run if you leave the scene after hitting an animal, unless it’s a cat.
The war on bikes goes on. Someone strung a chain across a trail popular Australian mountain bike trail.
Shimano’s Osaka, Japan manufacturing plant suffered a serious fire on Monday.
Competitive Cycling
Sarah Cooper describes how she went from being afraid to ride a bike following a collision to winning last year’s RAAM.
New US Pro Continental Team Holowesko-Citadel managed to find unexpected success in their first European race.
Finally…
Fuel your next movie through pedal power. Taking a bikeshare bike down the length of Great Britain.
And go ahead and trick your significant other into liking outdoor activities.
Because nobody objects to being tricked for a good cause, right?
