A driver has been arrested on charges of hitting a cyclist and fleeing the scene in Monrovia last night, reports City News Service. Jason Travers, 34, allegedly hit the victim, whose name hasn't been released, from behind as the cyclist was making a left-turn at about 6:00 p.m. at Violet Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. more ›

The man who hit a cyclist in Pomona and left him to die turned himself in to police last night. more ›

Police are looking for the driver of an SUV that hit a cyclist, dragged him and left him to die in Pomona last night. The victim, whose name has not been released, was riding on Sixth Street in Pomona and crossing Towne Avenue around 5:30 pm , when he was hit by an SUV. more ›

A 47-year-old man was struck and killed by the driver of a van late last night as he rode his bicycle in Lake Forest. The cyclist, whose name has not yet been released, was turning from Ridge Route Drive to Serrano Road about 10 p.m. Tuesday when the driver of a white, northbound van on Serrano Road struck him. more ›

Cyclists share the road with other drivers, but is there ever a time when they are allowed to share the sidewalk with pedestrians? Today the Los Angeles City Council embarked on a plan to update the municipal code to clarify the current language of the law and to specifically determine when a bicyclist can use the sidewalk. more ›

At about 1:25 this morning, a man riding a bike through Pico Rivera was shot and killed. L.A. Now reports that the victim hasn't been identified, and that the suspect is still at large. There's no description of the shooter, and police don't have a motive. more ›

If you are a cyclist who would use Metrolink to get around more if only their trains could store more bikes, your wish has been granted. The transit agency has announced a pilot program that finds two of their passenger railcars remodeled as "bicycle cars," set up to accommodate at least 18 bicycles. more ›

A cyclist riding westbound on 8th Street at around 7:30 Tuesday night in Downtown L.A. was struck and killed by a motorist driving on the same road. The motorist, a 37-year-old male driving a Chevy Avalanche, was allegedly "distracted" and had "possible road rage," says the Daily News. more ›

Imagine riding down the Sepulveda Pass on a bike with no brakes. We can't. Maybe you can. If so, you're a lot like our interview subject for today, Sean Martin. A fixed gear bike rider and organizer of local riding events, Martin also co-writes the blog Take Over LA. more ›

A violent confrontation by a motorist against a bicyclist has resulted in an arrest, the Los Angeles Police Department have announced. Though the crime, in which a driver drove into a cyclist to knock her over on a city street, took place in late May, the LAPD arrested the suspect this week. more ›

A 32-year-old man was struck and killed early this morning while riding his bicycle. The Los Angeles Police Department say they are seeking the public's help to find the motorist who rear-ended the rider on his bicycle, and then fled the scene. The incident took place at around 2:25 this morning on Vista Del Mar south of Hyperion Way, near Dockweiler State Beach. more ›

A Huntington Beach man who works as a captain in the Long Beach Fire Department will face felony charges for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident that left a cyclist suffering from "major head trauma," reports LA Now. 38-year-old John Hines "was arrested April 1 on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and driving under the influence, according to a statement from the Seal Beach Police Department." more ›

The 22-year-old driver who struck and killed a cyclist while allegedly driving under the influence this week has 11 traffic tickets on her record according to court records. Danae Marie Miller was driving a white Jetta when she is believed to have hit 41-year-old Amine Britel in Newport Beach Monday night, authorities said. Britel, who was riding a bicycle on San Joaquin Hills Road, could not be resuscitated by paramedics. more ›

An incident in Watts on Christmas morning is now under investigation after police shot and killed a bicyclist armed with an assault rifle around 4 a.m. at the Jordan Down Housing Projects. Authorities were questioning a group of people inside an SUV after receiving a report of an assault involving a rifle and the armed suspect appeared, riding toward them on a bicycle, according to KTLA. The suspect reportedly ignored commands to drop the rifle and was shot. more ›

It's the last Friday of the month and that means hundreds of cyclists under the guise of Critical Mass will take to the streets tonight. The LAPD will join in, albeit with a smaller presence than the one made in June. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sustained a broken elbow last night during a bicycle accident, but is recovering comfortably at home, reports LA Now. more ›

Things took a turn for the worse yesterday afternoon in Hollywood when multiple incidents occurred all in the same block in separate incidents. A few minutes before 3 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot while driving his car by a pedestrian who fled on foot. David Juarez, a Hollywood resident who was driving southbound on St. Andrews Place towards Santa Monica Boulevard, crashed into oncoming traffic before his vehicle came to a rest across the busy boulevard, according to police. more ›

A woman was charged with manslaughter Thursday for hitting a man on his bicycle who died 13 months later. Naira Margaryan allegedly his Gerardo Ramos when she ran a stop sign around 6:45 a.m. on on Sept. 23, 2008. Ramos was apparently riding his bike on the sidewalk and was struck by Margaryan's Mercedes Benz as he crossed the street. more ›

Jason Alexander, perhaps known best for his run as George Costanza on the sitcom Seinfeld, struck a cycling middle-schooler early this morning, according to LA Now. The 14-year-old boy was on his way to campus when he was struck by Alexander at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and June Street. The "was taken to a hospital in stable condition." However, while the LAPD "took an accident report and are investigating the incident," Alexander was not cited. A spokesman for the actor says he was "shaken up" and that he "stayed with the cyclist until the paramedics and police arrived and all indications are that the injury was minor." 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 ›

Cyclists are fuming after charges are not being filed in a case where a hit and run incident left a cyclist in the hospital. If you remember from when we first posted about this, witnesses said the driver got of her porsche, looked at him and left. She later went to the police station, apparently saying she thought she hit something. Although the police let her walk, they later sent the case to both the District Attorney and City Attorney, both which declined to file charges, according to the cyclist's lawyer. "In this case the LAPD isn't to blame," said LA Streetsblog's Damien Newton. more ›

A 40-year-old man was killed yesterday morning when a van struck and dragged him several feet in Compton, according to KTLA. Immediately after, the driver got out, checked what happened and got back into his vehicle, possibly a grey or silver 1990s Ford Aerostar van, fleeing the scene as witnesses and a surveillance camera saw what happened. Those witnesses also said the driver, described as an African American male, possibly 7-feet tall, was on his cellphone when he ran a red light at Compton Blvd. and Dwight Ave. The cyclist, said to be a father of five, was said to be crossing Compton on a green light. more ›

Floyd Landis, the cyclist who was stripped of his Tour de France victory in 2006 is being sought after an international warrant was issued for his arrest, according to Reuters. He stands accused of hacking a laboratory computer in France where his doping tests were housed in an attempt to prove the anti-doping agency wrong. "It seems that (Landis) made all he could to enter into our computer system to try to prove the laboratory was wrong. He showed many documents he got by hacking to numerous sporting instances," said an anti-doping official. "The judge traced a network of hackers back to the ringleader." Before the 2006 Tour de France, Landis won the first Tour of California. more ›

First proposed in December by Councilman Bill Rosendahl, the motion seeking a cyclist anti-harassment ordinance is on deck for tomorrow morning's L.A. City Council meeting. Two routes (err, proposals on how to tackle the issue) are up for grabs, as proposed by two separate committees, explains Damien Newton at StreetsblogLA: "The basic difference between the two? The process spelled out by the Transportation Committee is a two-step process, first an ordinance is created, then voted on by the Council. The one by Public Safety adds a third step at the beginning: first a report on possible ordinances is created, then an ordinance is written, then the Council votes." more ›

In early December, 52-year-old Robert Painter, a Canadian citizen living in Los Angeles, was hit by a driver while riding his bicycle on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood. The driver left the scene and Painter later died in the hospital (read more about the account on LAist's post). more ›

A 9-year-old boy was left injured when he was trying to cross a Thousand Oaks street yesterday afternoon, according to the Thousand Oaks Police Department this morning. Luckily, he was left with minor injuries. The suspect fled the scene immediately in a green, full size pick up with silver trim. He is described as a Hispanic male, 40 to 50 years old, 5’5” to 5’10”, heavy set, with brown hair, brown eyes, and a mustache. Anyone with information about the vehicle or the identity of the driver is encouraged to contact the Thousand Oaks Police Department’s Traffic Bureau at (805) 494-8271. more ›

Culver City has been working on a Bicycle and Pedestrian Initiative that's currently in draft mode. The city's location between the Cheviot and Baldwin Hills as well as the Ballona Creek and eight major roads and freeways "has led to the development of an irregular (broken-grid) roadway network which presents unique challenges for non-motorized transportation." more ›

20-year-old Marco Antonio Valencia will be arraigned today in court for a weekend incident that killed a Santa Clarita Valley man and injured two others on Bouquet Canyon Road. It's a pretty gruesome story, as the local paper, The Signal, tells it: more ›

Out with the old meters, in with hand-me-down bicycle racks called meter hitches. When the city last year began replacing parking meters with the new pay station ones, that either left headless meters or no meters at all along stress, which meant less options for bicycle parking. Then last night, as part of a pilot project between the Department of Transportation and Council President Eric Garcetti's office, came 52 new bicycle meter hitches on Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea and Vine. more ›

Although City Council repealed the bicycle license law earlier this month, the issue continued to be a point of discussion between officials and bike advocates. At the Transportation Committee meeting earlier this week, some cyclists said they don’t completely oppose a licensing program, but they would like to see a more efficient and easier process that would be “voluntary.” more ›