Construction begins in Long Beach today on the first-ever separated bikeway in Southern California, according to ABC. The new bikeway, modeled after a similar design in New York City, will be in downtown Long Beach along Broadway and 3rd Streets between Alamitos Avenue and Golden Avenue. It will have a painted median and a curb next to street parking to separate bikes from cars. more ›

Main Street in Venice could see an expanded set of bike lanes, as outlined in a proposal presented by members of the LADOT Bike Program to the Venice Neighborhood Council last night, according to Yo! Venice. The presentation demonstrated via maps that Main Street is currently "the 'missing link' in connecting the bicycle network in west Venice," notes the LADOT Bike Blog. more ›

Up in the Northwest Valley, 1.2 miles of a city street are slated to get a bicycle lane in each direction. For cyclists and some residents, it's welcome news, for others it's not. But for either side of the issue, the problem was that no one knew, even cyclists who closely monitor the progress of bicycle infrastructure, about it until pre-striping markings were painted on the street earlier this month. And that brand of sudden change can freak people out, setting them on an opposition war path. more ›

Long Beach has a lot of bike paths and lanes and yesterday they got about two more miles worth. In celebration of Earth Day and in anticipation of National Bike Month (Long Beach will host a bicycle festival and film festival), the city unveiled the Bixby Road Bike Lane between Country Club Drive to Cherry Avenue. more ›

Bicycle activist and blogger Ted Rogers is among a handful of cyclists who received an advance look at training materials to be handed down to rank and file officers for better enforcement and protection surrounding cycling on Los Angeles streets. One thing absent from a list of laws to enforce was blocking bike lanes so he asked a commander and got an answer. more ›

Is Long Beach is getting hipper by the day? Via the LA Times: "At a time when cities are cutting expenses across the board, Long Beach has raised $17 million in state and federal grants to improve its bike system through traffic improvements, education and bike share programs. In the next six months, the city will be resurfacing 20 miles of streets to include new bike lanes, part of a plan that includes painting and paving more than 100 miles of bike infrastructure." There's been a 29% increase in cyclists on 2nd Street since that green stripe sharrow lane was put in. more ›

Come Thursday, UCLA folk and others will have a new way of crossing the street at Le Conte and Westwood. It's called a scramble crosswalk and is currently in use in Pasadena, Beverly Hills and at Hoover and Jefferson near USC. It's where pedestrians can cross the street from all four corners at the same light as well as diagonally from opposite ends, according to a story posted on UCLA Today Online. more ›