A round of applause for newly approved LADOT head Seleta Reynolds, following her confirmation by the full city council today.
Now, will she please get to work on getting bike lanes on Westwood, Lankershim and North Figueroa, as well as that long-promised Bicycle Friendly Street on 4th Street?
Pretty please?
……..
LocalThis weekend’s LACBC Sunday Funday ride travels from City Hall to see Michael Parker’s The Unfinished.
Cyclists are gearing up for Wolfpack Hustle’s Civic Center Crit on July 12th.
A Santa Clarita cyclist say no other city can come close to their bike trail network. Meanwhile, a sixth suspect has been arrested in a string of armed robberies on those same bike paths.
State
Newport Beach unveils the city’s draft bicycle plan.
Huntington Beach police use Facebook to bust a thief caught on film stealing a bike.
A Marin woman swears she didn’t have anything to do with the theft of 130 bikes recently recovered by police.
National
Fox News ranks the five safest cities for cyclists. And is anyone shocked to learn Los Angeles is not on the list?
A new bike radar system promises to give you the speed and distance of vehicles approaching from the rear, while alerting drivers to your presence.
Oklahoma City will add 62 miles of new bike lanes, after installing 70 in 2012.
A Minnesota cyclist is killed by a cell phone-using driver while towing her children in a bike trailer; fortunately, the two girls were not seriously injured.
A New Orleans women’s bike collective will ride in protest of the dangers female riders face when traveling home alone at night, after several recent incidents.
International
A UK cyclist warns that bike trailers can be deadly to your dog.
A British rider is killed descending France’s famed Alpe D’Huez; oddly, the driver who hit him was a British tourist, as well.
A Fresno paper says this year’s Tour de France is controversial; no more than usual, really. Meanwhile, Colorado’s Peter Stetina hopes to help lead BMC’s Tejay van Garderen to victory.
And actually, this isn’t the first time women have competed in the Tour de France.
Finally…
German police apologize for ticketing a cyclist for only having one hand brake on his bike after realizing he only has one arm.
