Main Street in Venice is going on a "road diet" and today crews began the work of removing one car lane in each direction to make room for new bike lanes. The new bike lanes will run between Winward Circle and Marine Street at the Santa Monica border. more ›

A task force presented recommendations for adding bike lanes to West Hollywood's streets at last night's WeHo City Council meeting, reports West Hollywood Patch. The group made suggestions that would significantly change the layout and traffic flow of the area. more ›

In tonight's Extra, Extra, Zsa Zsa Gabor is rushed to the ER, Burbank does not want a Taco Bell and NoHo pot shops get raided as promised. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. more ›

This month there will be a 1.6-mile gleaming green streak painted on 1st Street in East Los Angeles. The paint are supposed to be skid- and slip-resistant and the transportation departments hopes to see more cyclists claiming the lane, according to the Los Angeles Times. more ›

If you're in Downtown L.A. this morning, hop (or pedal) over to MacArthur Park on the park side at 7th and Alvarado Streets at 9am. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) will paint the final bicycle marking to complete downtown's first phase of bike lanes on 7th Street. more ›

Downtown L.A. bicyclists rejoice. You may finally enjoy the luxury necessity of bike lanes. Painted only on 7th Street, the lanes reach "through City West and MacArthur Park to Catalina Street, where 7th is interrupted by the site of the former Ambassador Hotel," according to Blogdowntown. more ›

With an end-game of every Angelenos having access to a bike path within one mile of their home, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered department heads on Friday to take immediate action in a coordinated effort to "build a 1,680-mile bikeway system and make the city more bike-friendly," according to the Daily News. more ›

After adopting the Los Angeles Bicycle Plan last month, the city is rolling out the first phase of the process, in which it plans to introduce bike lanes up and down 7th Street. Southern California Public Radio reports that the lanes, which are scheduled to be painted on in October of this year, will go from Catalina Street in Koreatown to Figueroa Street downtown, stretching 2.2 miles in total. more ›

Mark Bixby, 44, was a cycling advocate who regularly tweeted his rides. He rallied to ensure that bike lines would be part of the Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement plan and contributed to a blog called BIKEable Communities. Bixby was recently interviewed by the CDMCyclist blog. He was "one of the leading forces" of Long Beach's biking renaissance, according to BikinginLA. more ›

LADOT announced two new bike lane projects yesterday which is welcome news after the PR problems of April 2009 when it was believed LADOT planned to remove bike lanes - not add to them - to allow for more car traffic. LA Streetsblog is pleased to see that not only is the Valley getting a better bike network, but "it's also good to see the LADOT keeping its promise to paint the lanes on Reseda and Rinaldi." more ›

Once a four lane road, Verdugo Avenue in Burbank now is two lanes with bicycle lanes and a "suicide" lane, which is also referred to as a continuous center lane. Damien Newton at StreetsblogLA takes note: "Until recently, Verdugo Avenue was a four-lane throughway used by commuters as an alternative to busier streets such as Alameda and Magnolia. However, with parks and schools along the road, including John Burroughs High School, the Buena Vista Library, Verdugo Park, and Lincoln Park, the city and residents wanted a change." Now it's changed. Anyone travel this and notice a difference? more ›

The ever-so engaged Silver Lake Neighborhood Council tomorrow will meet and consider a motion telling the city their recommendations on the controversial draft bicycle plan. more ›

For years, the city of Santa Clarita (my former employer) has made great strides in furthering non-motorized transit throughout the suburban valley chock full of six-lane roads with 45 or sometimes higher speed limits. The high speed limits combined with hills plus soccer moms or pedal-to-the-medal teens are not exactly attractive for street biking without some kind of safety net. A lot of the city is connected by 60-plus miles of off street trails, paseos (well-maintained HOA paths open to the public) and street bike lanes with more to come, pending funding. more ›

Either way, it's feeling like the Los Angeles Department of Transportation is heading back to the days of General Manager Gloria Jeff when employee morale was low and the traffic engineers with real skills were caught up in a bureaucracy that dictated they serve cars, not people. Current General Manager Rita Robinson ran a tight and responsible ship at the Bureau of Sanitation before being appointed to LADOT, so why can't she control her own bikeways and district offices? more ›

Via GOOD Magazine's blog, we find Andy Bower's video report for Slate.com on the "stupidest bike lane in America," which happens to be in the same neighborhood as one of the most respected schools in the nation -- UCLA. The 275 ft. class II bike lane runs on Gayley between Levering and Weyburn Avenues (interactive map below, lane marked in orange, try finding it!) more ›