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Pedaling Palates: "Tour de Taste" Will Take Eating On Two Wheels

Pedaling Palates: "Tour de Taste" Will Take Eating On Two Wheels

One upcoming event will surely appeal to food-loving bicyclists.Tour de Taste, a new fundraising event presented by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, will find riders pedaling and pausing to enjoy some delicious eats. more ›

Effective Today: City of L.A.'s Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance

Effective Today: City of L.A.'s Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance

Bicycles and bicyclists rejoice. Effective today, the City of L.A.'s Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance will help keep cyclists safe behind handlebars. The ordinance passed on July 20 with a 12-0 vote at City Council. more ›

Dutch Bikeway Design Experts Ride into L.A. to Host 'ThinkBike Los Angeles'

Dutch Bikeway Design Experts Ride into L.A. to Host 'ThinkBike Los Angeles'

The Dutch are coming! And they're coming to help. The Netherlands boasts a successful bicycle network throughout the entire country. If you've visited Amsterdam and can remember your trip, you will agree that they've mastered the art of both transportation and recreational cycling. more ›

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coaltion Wins Big With $7k Donation Honoring Wolfpack Hustle's Carmageddon Triumph

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coaltion Wins Big With $7k Donation Honoring Wolfpack Hustle's Carmageddon Triumph

Bicycling not only serves as a form of exercise, eco-friendly transportation and camaraderie, it can also score big bucks for pedaling enthusiasts. more ›

A Few Miles, 36 Miles, 100 Miles? The L.A. River Ride is Sunday

A Few Miles, 36 Miles, 100 Miles? The L.A. River Ride is Sunday

Have you ever taken a bike ride down the Los Angeles River between Griffith Park and Long Beach? The bicycle path along it is not fully complete, but it's enough to make a ride out of. For the past 10 years, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition has organized a River Ride fundraiser, pedaling out thousands of cyclists. more ›

Bicycle Sharrows Expected to be on L.A. Streets by Summer

Bicycle Sharrows Expected to be on L.A. Streets by Summer

Plans to pilot bicycle sharrows on Los Angeles streets are beginning to solidify, a city bicycle official said today. A working group between the city's Department of Transportation and L.A. County Bicycle Coalition hope to announcee five to ten sharrow locations by the end of the month (a list of possible locations were announced in January). more ›

Controversy to Increase Speed Limits in the Valley Continues

Controversy to Increase Speed Limits in the Valley Continues

The proposal to increase speed limits on two Valley streets was stalled by the City Council's Transportation committee this afternoon after concerns were brought up by the public and politicians alike. "I've got serious concerns with moving this forward," stated Councilman Paul Koretz, whose district includes the two streets in question, Riverside Drive and Chandler Boulevard, which could be raised to 40 and 45 miles per hour, respectively. more ›

Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Will Help Future City Planning

Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Will Help Future City Planning

Next week, the first ever Los Angeles Bicycle and Pedestrian Count will take place all over the city in the hopes of gaining a better sense of the number of bike-riders and pedestrians who use the streets. With a better sense of who is out there on foot and two wheels, the city can take those numbers into account when planning for the future, explains the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), who are running the count... more ›

A Bicycle Census of Sorts Coming to L.A. in September

A Bicycle Census of Sorts Coming to L.A. in September

The LA County Bicycle Coalition announced today in an e-mail blast that they will be "conducting the first ever bicycle count for Los Angeles" in September. "Bicycle counts are used to track the number of cyclists at key intersections. This is used to understand year-to-year changes in cycling as policy and infrastructure changes. Bicycle counts are basic city planning tools that help change policy to encourage cycling. Most major US and European cities have them. This will be LA's first, and we plan to do it right while having a good time. As we are counting bicycles, we will also be counting pedestrians." If you have any suggestions for which intersections they should monitor, let them know via this survey. more ›

A Bicycle Boulevard for 4th Street?

A Bicycle Boulevard for 4th Street?

For a few years now, there has been a movement to turn the 3.6-mile 4th Street from Koreatown to near MacArthur Park into a Bicycle Boulevard. Next week, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition will hold a meeting about the idea. more ›

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