The LAPD is now looking for the owner of a dark-colored Jeep Wrangler in the hit-and-run death of a 38-year old man riding an ebike in Jefferson Park late Saturday night.
As always, there is a standing $50,000 reward for this, or any other fatal hit-and-run in the City of Los Angeles.
Anyone with information is urged to call LAPD Officer Diaz or Sergeant Nily at 323/421-2577, 1-877/527-3247 after business hours and weekends. Or anonymously at 1-800/222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org.
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay.
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This should surprise absolutely no one who has been paying attention for the past several years.
Things are not looking good for the completion of the vaunted Twenty-eight by ’28 projects that we were promised would be finished in time for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Even after the list was dumbed down by removing the hard stuff, like finishing the LA River Bike Path through DTLA and Vernon.
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It’s happened once again.
A man in Louisville, Kentucky was killed when a hit-and-run driver dragged him nearly a mile under his car, after hitting the vicim and his wife as they rode their bikes.
The driver eventually stopped and called the police, but only after being chased down by a witness, who apparently stopped to pick up the victim’s wife after she had been knocked in a ditch.
Local residents have called for safety improvements following multiple hit-and-runs on the roadway, where speeding is common.
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CicLAvia urges support for open streets events included in the proposed LA city budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Speaking of which, as promised, and at long last, here are the photos David forwarded from Sunday’s West LA CicLAvia, where I’m told a good time was had by nearly all.
All photos by David Drexler
As an added bonus, he also sent along a reminder why you don’t park under a palm tree on a windy day, spotted outside a Porsche dealership along the route.
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This is who we share the road with.
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Thanks to Megan for forwarding video of the bicyclist who inspired Breaking Away looking back on his victory in the Little 500.
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Local
Finish the Ride and Finish the Run will take place in Griffith Park this weekend to call for safer streets and honor the victims of traffic violence; the events will take on added poignancy as Caitlin Cole, the sister of fallen bicyclist Regan Cole Graham — who was seven months pregnant with her daughter Ophelia when they were both killed in Playa del Rey — will ride Regan’s bike to complete the ride they never finished.
State
You can now ride the full length of California’s iconic coastline highway from San Francisco to LA once again.
Electrek takes a hard look at the $1 billion valuation for Irvine-based Rivian’s new ALSO ebike startup before a single bike has been sold, arguing that we’ve seen this before with brands like VanMoof and Cake ending up in bankruptcy court.
There’s a special place in hell for anyone who could leave an injured child on the side of the road after a crash, like the older woman in a black Mercedes who stopped briefly after hitting an eight-year old kid riding a bicycle in Novato, then just drove off without helping the victim; fortunately, the child only suffered minor injuries.
Over 100 people turned out in Oakland for a ride to celebrate East Bay bike trails, while offering a reminder that bicyclists can still only go halfway across the Oakland Bay Bridge.
Bad news from East Oakland, where a 38-year old man was in grave condition after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle Monday night; police are looking for the owner of a black Land Rover who just kept going without stopping after striking the victim, who is believed to be homeless. Unfortunately, you’ll have to find a way around the paper’s paywall to read the story.
National
A writer for Outside recommends things that will help make your life on the bike easier, based on his 20 years as a bike commuter.
Streetsblog talks with Josh Naramore of the National Association of City Transportation Officials about how cities can get ready for the robo-taxi revolution, arguing that it can be done without losing momentum on building livable streets for people outside of cars, too, if it’s done right.
Jonathan Maus, the editor of Bike Portland, is stepping back from the daily grind of writing one of the nation’s most popular and successful local bike blogs, asking readers what they want from the site as he moves forward.
A Georgia public radio station discusses how bike boulevards have improved life in Henrietta, after a successful fight by bike advocates.
International
A writer for Bikepacker makes his yearly pilgrimage to “the epic and wild Vuelta de Citlaltépetl,” circumventing Mexico’s highest peak on a mountain bike and trailer.
Must be nice. Bicyclists in the Netherlands can now install an app on their phones to give them quicker green lights at traffic signals.
Competitive Cycling
The USA Mountain Bike National Championships will once again be held in Roanoke, Virginia, in a repeat of last year’s races.
Evidently, Tadej Pogačar is a weight weenie, choosing weight savings over aerodynamics for his new time trial bike.
Britain’s Ineos Grenadiers Cycling Team will will have a new name and team colors for next month’s Giro d’Italia; they will now be known as the Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team after signing the AI company to a five-year sponsorship agreement.
Finally…
Now you, too, can submit your original books and bikes artwork for people to drive over.
And if the seat’s buzzing, maybe think twice about getting on.
Just saying.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin.
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