Facebook group kvetches over Better Overland Project, WeHo approves ebike incentives, and KTLA insists Pomona boy was on an ebike

April 22, 2026 / / 2 comments

I lost my internet connection just as I was getting ready to post this. So I’m going to try to post it using my phone.

Hopefully you’ll get this, but I can’t promise everything will post correctly or no errors will get through.

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Evidently, not everyone is in favor of the Better Overland Project.

The plan to build a Complete Street and protected bike lanes on the lower section of Overland Avenue has drawn its share of detractors to a Facebook group calling to “SAVE Overland Ave in Culver CIty.”

Even though that’s exactly what proponents are trying to do. Apparently, they don’t grasp the concept that drivers and local residents, including older people, benefit from safer streets, too.

Then again, the group only has a measly 215 members right now. So maybe instead of torches and pitchforks, it’s just matches and spades this time.

Thanks to Adrian for the heads-up.

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Thanks to Andrew for forwarding news on Bluesky that West Hollywood will become the latest Southern California city to offer its own ebike incentive program, with eligible residents able to claim up to $2,000 towards one.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles joins California in continuing to offer eligible residents absolutely nothing.

Unfortunately, Bluesky seems to be having yet another of their recent service outages, so you may have to just take my word for it, unless the post below miraculously shows up, or the above link actually works. Otherwise, I’ll try again tomorrow.

https://bsky.app/profile/solomonweho.bsky.social/post/3mjzewlcrkk2f

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KTLA-5 continues to insist that Angel Roman Mendoza Lopez, the 13-year old boy killed by a driver in Pomona last week, was riding an ebike, even though other sources say he was riding an e-scooter.

Although it’s possible he was on a sit-down scooter, which would make both kinda right.

Meanwhile, the crowdfunding campaign to benefit his family has now raised over $16,000, while the goal has been increase to $25,000.

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A Belgian short track skater and amateur cyclist shares video of a 45-minute line waiting to ride up a climb in last weekend’s Amstel Gold sportive, making it look more like an amusement park than a bike race.

But at least you didn’t have to be “this tall to ride this ride.”

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Local 

Metro is offering free transit and bikeshare ride to mark today’s Earth Day. Or as it’s known in most of Los Angeles, Wednesday. 

LAist looks at the city’s plans for a “low-stress” walking and biking route for Koreatown and Pico Union in time for the ’28 Olympics.

Streetsblog reminds us about Sunday’s West LA CicLAvia, the popular open streets event’s first visit to Westwood.

The Pasadena Transportation Advisory Commission will receive an informational presentation on Pasadena Bike Month at their Thursday meeting, with events ranging from a beginner’s bagel ride to an ebike expo at the Rose Bowl. Meanwhile, that deafening silence you hear is the plans for Bike Month in Los Angeles.

 

State

Singletracks highlights the most amazing and/or weird mountain bike components and accessories from Monterey’s Sea Otter Classic. Including one device that looks like something the bomb squad would disable.

Two people in their late teens suffered non-life threatening injuries when a Daly City cop struck the ebike they were sharing. Although it’s kind of refreshing that the cops didn’t immediately blame the victims, for a change.

 

National

Thanks, Donald. German ebike and cargo bikemaker Riese & Müller announced it’s pulling out of the US due to market volatility caused by the constantly changing tariffs, including a 50% tariff on steel.

Honolulu bicyclists complain that it’s taking too long to replace curbing, bike lane delineators and green paint marking a two-way separated bike lane after the street was repaved.

A review of Seattle’s Vision Zero plan shows the city still isn’t making enough safety improvements, and hasn’t done enough to improve safety on the the streets with the highest rates of serious injuries and deaths for pedestrians and bike riders.

That’s more like it. Sheriff’s deputies made an arrest four-and-a-half years after a 29-year old man riding a bicycle was killed by a hit-and-run driver in my bike-friendly Colorado hometown, continuing to investigate until they had enough evidence to get an arrest warrant; the suspect was booked on charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving death and insurance fraud. Seriously, when was the last time you heard of LA cops or sheriff’s deputies arresting a hit-and-run suspect after four-and-a-half months, let alone four-and-a-half years?

An op-ed from a Louisville KY bicyclist and triathlete says that bike riders in the city don’t want “more ill-conceived bike lanes,” insisting that what they really want is for drivers to share the road and pass safely, while bike riders need to obey the law and pull over to let long lines of cars pass them. Except there’s a 100-year plus track record showing too many drivers are incapable of sharing the road safely, which is exactly why we need bike lanes. 

A Pittsburgh bike group tells locals and out-of-towners to forget the car, and ride a bike to this week’s NFL Draft.

DC bike riders will still have a safe route connecting downtown Washington to the Tidal Basin, after a judge issued a 61-page opinion putting a hold on plans to rip out a separated bike lane and require the National Park Service and the Federal Highway Administration to conduct a more thorough review of the Trump administration’s plans to make the tourist-heavy area more accommodating to drivers.

Life is cheap in North Carolina, where the grandson of legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was charged with misdemeanor DUI after killing a 15-year old boy riding a bicycle; evidently, drunk driving runs in the family. Something is seriously wrong when killing another human being while drunk, let alone a kid, doesn’t even merit a felony charge. 

 

International

Bike Radar ranks the best bicycles of the 1990s, all of which are road bikes, and most of which even look like one.

No surprise here, as a study in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation suggests that bicycling is an effective way to cope with fluctuating gas prices.

Londoners will once again turn to their bicycles as Tube drivers go on strike for four days.

A new study from the European Transport Safety Council says too many people are still getting killed on bicycles in the European Union, but that slower streets and protected bike lanes could help lower to toll.

An Indian man spent the last seven years riding across the vast country, planting saplings and trying to connect with everyone he met to call attention to looming threats to the environment.

No bias here. An Australian ad announcing the country is now at Level Two of the ‘National Fuel Security Plan’ due to the fuel crisis fueled by the war in Iran devotes a whole 1.5 seconds to using a bicycle, and the other 28.5 seconds to using your car more wisely, instead of not using it at all.

 

Competitive Cycling

Two-time Belgian Olympic speed skater Sandrine Tas will make her professional cycling debut with the Lotto Intermarché Ladies cycling team at today’s La Flèche Wallonne Femmes.

 

Finally…

That feeling when it costs the equivalent of a 27¢ toll to ride where bikes aren’t even allowed. Your next ebike could have no gears and ride in reverse. Who says you have to carbo load before you ride?

And probably not the best idea to steal a police bike during the Boston Marathon.

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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.

Oh, and fuck Putin. 

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Update: 78-year old man killed by SUV driver in San Marcos Tuesday; 6th bicycling fatality in San Diego County already this year

April 21, 2026 / / No comments

Someone who’s lasted nearly 80 years on this world deserves better than to die because they went out for a bike ride.

But that’s what happened in San Marcos Tuesday afternoon.

And it’s not likely to be changed this time.

According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, the victim, identified publicly only as a 78-year old man, was struck by the driver of an SUV around 12:11 pm today.

Deputies found him down in the westbound lanes on the 1900 block of West San Marcos Boulevard, west of Rancho Santa Fe Road. Despite the efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced dead around 15 minutes later.

A news photo shows a white Lexus SUV with a shattered windshield straddling the traffic lanes, suggesting the victim was struck at speed. Video shows what appears to be the victim’s covered body resting near the center divider.

But be sure you really want to see it before you click on either of the links in that last paragraph, because you can’t unsee it afterwards.

A street view shows a painted bike lane on San Marcos, although there’s no way of knowing was in it at the time of the crash. There’s a posted 45 mph speed limit, at least in the opposite direction.

The driver remained at the scene. Investigators aren’t sure at this time if drugs or alcohol were involved.

Anyone with information is urged to call the San Marcos Sheriff’s station at 760-510-5200.

This the 26th bicycling fatality that I’m aware of in Southern California this year, and the sixth already this year in San Diego County.

Update: The victim has been identified as 78-year old Olimpio Rodriguez Cervantes of San Marcos.

My deepest sympathy and prayers for Olimpio Rodriguez Cervantes and all his loved ones. 

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Correction: Victim in last week’s Pomona collision was 13-year old middle school student riding an e-scooter, not an ebike

April 21, 2026 / / No comments

Let’s start with a correction.

It turns out that the victim of last week’s fatal Pomona collision was a 13-year old middle school student, who was riding an e-scooter to a friend’s house.

Not an ebike, as we originally reported.

Which does not make it any less tragic.

However, between researching and writing that story, then going back and correcting the story within minutes of posting it, I’m effectively out of time to write anything else tonight.

At least if I want to get any sleep at all.

So we’ll see you on Wednesday to catch up on whatever missed tomorrow. Which is starting to sound a lot like an old Popeye routine.

Image by Cripi from Pixabay.

https://www.tiktok.com/@fleischertoons/video/7574288682811706679

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Update: Boy riding e-scooter dies two days after Pomona collision

April 20, 2026 / / No comments

Every bicycling death is tragic.

But somehow, it seems even worse when the victim is a kid.

That was the case in Pomona this week, where a boy died two days after he was struck by a driver while riding an ebike.

KTLA-5 reports the victim was riding on the sidewalk on the 1600 block of South San Antonio Ave, near Patterson Street, around 2:30 pm Friday, when he rode out into the street and was struck by a driver.

It’s not clear from the limited description whether he rode out into Patterson at the intersection, or went off the sidewalk and into the street on San Antonio.

A street view shows a bike lane on both sides of the street, so it’s questionable why the victim would have been on the sidewalk.

It’s also not clear whether he was riding was a legal Class 1, 2 or 3 ebike, or an illegal e-moto. Which is exactly the problem when the same word is used to describe anything with batteries and two wheels.

He was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Children’s Hospital Orange County, where he died on Sunday.

The victim hasn’t been publicly identified, and there’s no word at this time just how old he is.

The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, although police remain unsure whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision.

Update: Shortly after posting this, KNBC-4 and KABC-7 reported that the victim was a student Simons Middle School, a few blocks away in Pomona. 

Thirteen-year old Angel Mendoza was struck as he was riding an e-scooter to a friend’s house, and died of severe head injuries; he was not wearing a helmet.

A crowdfunding campaign has raise more than $12,000 of the $15,000 goal. 

Since he was not riding a bicycle, the number of bicycling deaths in Southern California remains at 25, and nine in Los Angeles County.

My deepest sympathy and prayers for Angel Mendoza and all his family and loved ones. 

Ghost tire photo from Streets Are For Everyone website. 

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81-year old man clings to life after Orange County e-moto hit-and-run, and 3-time world paracycling champ killed in Texas

April 20, 2026 / / One comment

This is who we share the road with.

An 81-year old Orange County man was left fighting for his life when he was run down by a 14-year old kid riding a electric motorcycle, who fled the scene afterwards.

The boy was reportedly riding recklessly when he collided with the victim as the older man was crossing the street. Deputies identified the suspect and arrested him after serving a search warrant at a nearby home in Lake Forest.

The Orange County Sheriffs Department reports he was on a Surron e-motorbike, which is not street legal and can reach speeds up to 68 mph, depending on the model.

And thanks to the OCSD for making it clear the boy on an e-moto, and not a Class 1, 2 or 3 ped-assist ebike.

Although not every media outlet was careful to make that distinction.

Meanwhile, Jalopnik correctly observes that confusing electric motorcycles with ebikes is more than just semantics.

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Tragic news from Texas, where a three-time paracycling world champ and seven-time Paralympic medalist was killed by a driver on Thursday morning.

Fifty-four-year old Dory Sellinger lost his right leg and suffered a TBI in 1993 when a driver suffering a psychotic break intentionally plowed into a group of riders in Alamo, California, after hearing voices telling her to “Get the demons!” Another rider named Vladimir Quinn was killed in that crash.

A crowdfunding campaign to benefit Sellinger’s family has raised nearly $21,000 of the $25,000 goal.

And yeah, I gave to that one.

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A new Chinese study shows that younger urban adults are more car-dependent than previous generations, but could be quicker to with to active transportation if they get better infrastructure.

Although whether the results can be replicated in other car-dependent countries, such as the US, remains to be seen.

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We could be getting bike lanes on Vermont Ave after all.

Although the motion only calls on the city to study adding bike lanes to the project. And as well all know, studying is what this city does best, rather than actually, you know, doing anything.

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Someone please get me this painting for my birthday. Or Cinco de Mayo or Memorial Day, or something.

https://bsky.app/profile/coolbikeart1.bsky.social/post/3mjpo7cbrus2s

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Video circulated throughout the Mideast showing the President of Iran casually riding a bike with the governor of Isfahan and other officials over the weekend, appearing unfazed by the American and Israeli attacks.

But it was actually video from October of last year.

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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.

No bias here. London police are proudly going after the relatively few bicyclists caught running red lights, but only made arrests in 2% bike thefts, and none of the 106 hit-and-runs involving bicyclists last year; the meager 4% of hit-and-run cases resulting in a conviction were the result of drivers turning themselves in.

Once again, a bike trail has apparently been sabotaged, this time in France near the Swiss border, when someone strung a cable across the trail at eye level that knocked two kids off their bicycles while on a family outing.

But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.

Maybe it’s the result of a bad translation. Two sets of South Korean parents were arrested and released on charges of child neglect after their middle school kids reportedly threatened people with their “Pixie” bikes, the site says is an abbreviation for “fixed-gear.” Can’t speak for you, but “pixie bike” kinda has a ring to it.  

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Local 

An op-ed in the new Rupert Murdoch-owned California Post looks at LA’s invention of the phrase “large asphalt repair” rather than repaving, which would trigger legal mandates increasing the costs, concluding that fewer streets will get fixed and we’ll all be worse off as long as “fixing a street means triggering a cascade of costly mandates.”

The ROW DTLA shopping and housing complex is hosting the bike-centered Pedal for the Planet with Playdate this Saturday, with families encouraged to bike between various hands-on sustainability projects.

 

State

Calbike says AB 2168 currently before the state legislature ensures that we’re getting the most out of California’s Active Transportation Program. Particularly since Governor Newsom keeps insisting on cutting it. 

Advocate groups are pushing for a second attempt at a docked bikeshare system in San Diego County, after a previous attempt at both docked and docked bikeshare, as well as e-scooters, failed due to theft, vandalism and improperly parked vehicles.

San Diego’s budget problems are leading to criticism of the city’s daylighting enforcement, since it can’t afford crews to paint curbs leading to intersections.

A writer for Bike Rumor calls this year’s Sea Otter Classic “weird, wacky, unique and a little bit funky,” while admiring the “pretty, unique, and eye-catching custom painted bikes” on display.

Sad news from Sacramento, where a man riding a bicycle was killed by a driver in the North Natomas neighborhood on Friday.

 

National

The Smithsonian, of all sources, looks at the history of yesterday’s Bicycle Day, 83 years after Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann accidentally ingested LSD before bicycling home from his lab in Basel, Switzerland, taking the first trip on two wheels.

A new study of 28 cities and more than 14,000 neighborhoods tells you what we all already knew, that a connected bike network is key to growing bike ridership.

A Reno, Nevada bike rider shares what he’s found on the side of the road, from gold and diamonds, organic avocados and bullets, to fear of death from passing motorists.

The Colorado legislature passed a new bill that not only bans blocking bike lanes, but also replaces the word “accident” with “crash” in state statutes.

A kindhearted Texas police sergeant was honored for fixing a student’s broken bicycle on the spot.

Rhode Island doubled down on highway building when the Trump administration pulled $25 million in funding that had been set aside to build a bike path; to save the funding, the state diverted it into making mile-long highway a little more pleasant.

 

International

A Toronto supercar driver murdered a row of bicycles, plowing his orange McLaren through a bike rack and scattering bike parts across the area, before ending up pointed skyward against a wall.

An Edinburgh, Scotland man says he doesn’t feel safe riding his bike in the city anymore, after a group yobs lobbed logs and a bicycle at him as he rode on the bike path.

Dozens of bicyclists descended on Dursley, England over the weekend to honor Danish-born Mikael Pedersen, inventor of the unique Pedersen bicycle, made in the town through 1914.

Off.road.cc offers a list of British bike brands actually made in the UK, for all you bicycle Anglophiles out there.

Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner is one of us, and so is his girlfriend, influencer Laila Hasanovic, as they were spotted on a relaxing bike ride in Monaco.

Taiwan’s Giant bicycle is reportedly on the verge of launching the first ebike powered by a semi-solid-state battery, a step between lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, which could provide more energy for less weight, longer life and less risk of fires.

An Australian Communications professor offers advice on how to get back on your bike after months or years of not riding, including giving up any ideas of what a “cyclist” is supposed to be, and that you’re more likely to ride your bike if you keep it near the door.

Aussie bike shops are being threatened with fines of up to $1.1 million for selling fixies that don’t comply with the country’s consumer safety standards, including having both front and rear brakes.

 

Competitive Cycling

American pro Matteo Jorgenson won’t be leading the Visma–Lease a Bike into the Ardennes Classics after crashing out of Amstel Gold Race when he broke his collarbone colliding with a competitor on a damp, downhill corner, and going down hard.

Twenty-four-year old Megan Jastrab’s 5th place was the best American finish in Paris-Roubaix in 25 years, since George Hincapie’s 2001 4th place; Greg LeMond also finished fourth in 1985. Hincapie actually finished 2nd in 2005, but his podium finish was voided because of his involvement in the USADA doping scandal.

 

Finally…

Probably not the best idea to headbutt a cop after swerving a bicycle at multiple women. Your next ebike could be a woodie.

And that feeling when the pickup driver blocking a bike lane isn’t blocking a bike lane because the bike lane isn’t a bike lane, despite the distinct bike lane markings not marking the bike lane.

Got that?

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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.

Oh, and fuck Putin. 

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CA Post: Los Angeles is a liberal hell, a call for reasonable ebike legislation, and man dies after Long Beach hit-and-run

April 17, 2026 / / No comments

Apparently, life in Los Angeles and California is a living hell.

According to the New York, uh, California Post,

In LA and California, the cost of living is stifling. Traffic is suffocating. The public schools are ill-serving kids.

And state and local government, from the governor and legislature on down to the mayor, city council and school board, are out to lunch…

But the bottom line is this: Government at all levels is failing to lead, course-correct, and address –– with even minimal efficacy –– a range of issues that increasingly degrade life here.

In fact, elected officials, driven by cronyism, interest-group pressure and out-of-touch far-left ideology, mostly make the crises worse.

Look, I’m no fan of our current city leaders, but life here ain’t all that bad.

It just could be a lot better.

And something tells me, we might not agree on who the special interests are. Never mind what “far-left” ideologies are just practical solutions that we haven’t been tried yet.

Like building more bike lanes and providing safe, practical alternatives to driving, rather than doubling down on the same things that got us in this mess.

Liberal hellfire and damnation — or maybe just fire — photo by Sergey Meshkov from Pexels.

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Calbike wants you to contact your state legislators to call for reasonable regulation of ebikes that doesn’t blame them all for the problems caused by e-motos.

California lawmakers are right to be concerned about the spread of high-powered electric devices marketed as e-bikes. There is some truth behind the now-familiar image of 12-year-olds doing wheelies through suburban streets on machines far more powerful than a legal electric bicycle. But too many of this year’s bills respond to that concern by going after the wrong target, and they will not deliver the results anyone actually wants. Instead of drawing a clear line between legal e-bikes and illegal e-motos, these proposals blur it further. They add burdens to the bikes people actually rely on, while failing to directly address the devices creating the confusion in the first place.

California needs to protect the promise of e-bikes, not let the e-moto backlash distort the law. In this century, e-bikes have been one of the most important transportation success stories in the state. They help people replace car trips. They expand access to biking for older adults, working families, and people who might not otherwise ride in hilly terrain. They make biking more practical for longer distances, hills, errands, school dropoff, and everyday life. In a state that talks constantly about climate, congestion, affordability, and mobility, e-bikes should be an obvious part of the solution, and under settled California law, they already are.

It’s worth checking out.

And taking just a few moments to voice your support.

Meanwhile, the North Torrance Bike Bus clearly explains the differences between a legal ebike, and an illegal e-moto.

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This is who we share the road with.

Fifty-seven-year old Montebello resident Ronald Sera died Wednesday, nearly two months after he was run down by a hit-and-run driver in Long Beach.

Sera was found by police around 1:05 am on Saturday, February 28, near Redondo Ave and Anaheim Street.

Investigators still don’t have a suspect, but describe the vehicle as a Toyota Previa van that sped away west on Anaheim.

Anyone with information is urged to call LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective David Doughtery at 562/570-7355, or anonymously through LA Crime Stoppers at 800/222-TIPS (8477) or LACrimeStoppers.org.

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Streets Are For Everyone is joining with CD4 to call for help cleaning up the Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes on Saturday, April 25th ahead of this year’s Finish the Ride in Griffith Park (and good luck to Kayla as she competes in Hong Kong). For some reason, I can’t embed Instagram Reels, so you’ll have to click on the link.

SAFE is also celebrating the re-opening of the Marvin Braude Bike Trail in Pacific Palisades after it was washed out by last year’s storms, as well as progress on bike lanes in Griffith Park.

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Finally, SAFE and Finish the Ride are bringing back the city’s much loved and lamented LA River Ride on May 3rd. And yes, it will still contain that confusing stretch south of DTLA where the bike path hasn’t been completed, and probably won’t be for some time.

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Streetsblog’s Joe Linton visits Santa Monica’s MANGo.

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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks healthcare while vlogging from her bike seat.

Thanks to Megan for forwarding the video.

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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.

British bicyclists may be in for a surprise, after an English city finally got around to installing flexible wands to keep drivers from illegally parking in a bike lane. Which if Los Angeles drivers are any example, won’t actually stop anyone.

But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.

No bias here. London police ticketed 1,315 bike riders for jumping red lights in the past 12 months, an average of around just 25 a week — which doesn’t sound like that much in a city of 9.9 million. Especially compared to the approximately 4,000 drivers ticketed for the same offense, including over 1,500 caught two or more times in the past four years.

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Local 

Nice piece from LA Times Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad, who pens a paean to the joys of ebiking on the bikeways under the city’s overpasses, rather than driving over them.

The Pasadena City Council unanimously approved plans for the 710 Freeway stub, including housing and multimodal transportation initiatives, but wants to talk more about restorative justice for the mostly Black residents who were unceremoniously shoved out to make room for the never-built freeway.

Santa Monica Next reports on the problem of overhanging tree branches blocking the city’s bike lanes.

 

State

La Mesa became the latest California city to crackdown on ebikes, banning children under 12 from riding Class 1 or 2 electric bicycles.

Streetsblog points out that San Diego’s Mayor Gloria’s new budget cuts funding for the multimodal team at the city’s Department of Transportation, despite his promises to maintain funding for Vision Zero “even in a difficult budget year” when running for re-election just two years ago.

The victim who died riding an ebike in Point Mugu State Park on Saturday has been identified as a 76-year old Camarillo resident, who passed away from natural causes.

Bike East Bay is celebrating Bike To Wherever Day on May 14th. Or as it’s known in Los Angeles these days, Thursday. 

 

National

The Cherokee Nation announced the 12 participants in this year’s 950-mile Remember the Removal bike tour, which retraces the northern route of the infamous Trail of Tears.

A Colorado bike race requires you to eat at ten Taco Bells along the route. The winner is whoever packed a peck of Pepto in their kit. 

This is who we share the road with, too. Police is Sioux Falls, South Dakota threw the book at two young pickup drivers who were reported driving recklessly, doing burnouts 5 feet away from patios, committing traffic sign violations and putting pedestrians at risk, all while blaring their loud “train-style” horns.

A Waco, Texas woman was busted for allowing her son to skitch by holding the door handle of her car while riding his bike — although it didn’t help when they found almost two ounces of weed in her car.

Louisville, Kentucky has painted new downtown bike lanes a bright shade of neon green, not to keep drivers out, but to make them more obvious to pedestrians, who were falling off the curbs. Evidently, they don’t film many movies or TV shows there, because that looks like the same shade Hollywood producers went to war against here in Los Angeles. 

A new report from New York’s Transportation Alternatives shows an ongoing gender bias in bicycling, revealing women are more likely to ride where there are protected bike lanes and pathways.

Shockingly, business owners have “concerns” over a proposed new bike lane on a New York thoroughfare. In other words, kinda like every business owner everywhere when new bike lanes go in. Never mind that studies show their business is usually better within a few months afterwards.

 

International

A Canadian bike polo player funds a short film about the sport by recycling cans, using an old video camera he found in a back alley.

A London bike rider says he never got so much room on the road before he switched to riding a Lime bike without a helmet.

A Dublin, Ireland waste management company is using e-cargo bikes — or maybe pedal-operated mini box trucks — to collect trash after the city banned putting trash bags on the street.

Here’s another one for your bike bucket list — seven days of bikepacking through four of the Canary Islands.

A Palestinian group is using bicycling to bring residents from disparate parts of the war-ravaged country together to rediscover and reclaim the land.

The European Union ambassador to Ghana is riding with a team nearly 500 miles from Tamale to Accra to encourage more people in the country to ride bicycles.

Oopsie. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said recently that just 1,700 people use a new bikeway each day; that turned out to be the number of people who use the new showers at the end of the path, compared to 7,000 people who used the actual pathway in just a four-hour window.

 

Finally…

Nothing like riding through the fields of rural Transylvania, as long as you bless your hotel room with a little garlic and holy water. That feeling when the guy documenting his “avid” bicycle journeys made his bones with an 80s cover of Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.

Or when you rewatch the Hunger Games just to see the road-raging bike rider/actor who shot at your truck.

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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.

Oh, and fuck Putin. 

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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.

Oh, and fuck Putin. 

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