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So, after seeing them posted in a few places on Facebook, I figured I’d better go get me some of the U.S. Postal Service’s new bicycle stamps. From the wording on the back of the stamps: Whether a youngster just learning to ride, a commuter on the way to work, a road racer crossing the […]
July 27, 2012
Earlier this week, I posted about a sign that cautioned pedestrians where I thought drivers were to blame… continuing Bikas scintilating sign series, today I take on a pair of similar signs, starting with this one: This sign is in Tustin, California, about an hour’s train ride southeast of Los Angeles. It’s the suburb where […]
July 24, 2012
Sometimes I think about posting various facilities, roads, signs, sidewalks, etc. that are unsafe, inconvenient, and/or unwelcoming for bicycling, walking and riding transit in Los Angeles… then I think… it’s too easy! I expect that I could post the bike/ped insult of the day for a year and still have a long ways to go. […]
July 19, 2012
This is what it looks like when an on-street car parking space dies… and goes to heaven. Or is maybe just reincarnated? or maybe rein-people-nated?
July 18, 2012
Today, Bikas will pass along a story that we heard many years ago. I can’t vouch to its veracity: Once upon a time, there was a small kingdom called De’Ir. De’Ir was located on an island called Sihkwah, just off the coast of Kh’arz, and said to be very much under the influence of Kh’arz. The […]
July 17, 2012
The city of Los Angeles is hosting a series of meetings to kick off its process of studying then (hopefully) implementing 40+ miles of somewhat more difficult bike lane projects. There’s a webinar today, Tuesday, 3-4pm (details/rsvp here), and the final in-person meeting tomorrow: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 from 6-8pm at the L.A. River Center, […]
July 11, 2012
During Fiscal Year 2011-2012 – that’s July 2011 to June 2012 – the city of Los Angeles achieved unprecedented accomplishments in implementing new bicycle facilities. The city added ~62.5 new miles of bikeways, including 50.26 new miles of bike lane!! Woooot! Woooooooot! Bikas decided to do a report card grading the city’s FY2011-2012 highlighting the […]
July 10, 2012
Oh Boy! The third installment in Bikas’ vacationary tales of the city… of San Francisco. See also: the welcome greening of the conflict areas and the mysterious parking-protected JFK bikeway. Today, we re-visit San Francisco’s “The Wiggle” – arguably the most popular bike route in the know universe. The Wiggle is a very flat bike […]
July 5, 2012
Now that it’s July and the city’s fiscal year is over, I’ve been tooling around a bit in the city’s bike lane mileage data. As Bikas posted earlier this week, the city of Los Angeles implemented 50.26 miles of new bike lanes during the past fiscal year 2011-12. This is an order of magnitude greater […]
July 4, 2012
It’s the second post from Bikas recent trip to San Francisco. See also Bikas’ earlier post about San Francisco’s new green bike lane conflict zones (and our S.F. sketches if you’re into that.) Today, we’re going to report on San Francisco’s new protected bike lanes on JFK Drive. This bike facility is located on John […]
July 30, 2012
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