Today could be a truly pivotal day for bicycling in the city of Los Angeles what with the City Council’s special bike-themed Transportation Committee meeting taking place at City Hall. I spent the week mulling ways in which I could take the day off and attend, but it’s just not going to happen, dammit. So …
Barring vacations these last couple years, I can’t recall being off my bike for such a span of time. And certainly none so long when I’ve been able and available to ride. Until this morning when I pedaled to work, the last time I was in the saddle was October 31. Twelve days. I blamed …
I usually am not one to count my clicks before they pass, but as it stands this morning I’ve pedaled 625 miles during a record-breakingly hot October, and with three bike commuting days left until the end of the month I not only can look forward to topping my record of 684 miles traversed across …
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Saturday was the first Tour de Ballona ride along the creek. It drew about 60 riders, including me and Susan, and of course I timelapsed it (below) with my handlebar cam and also took snaps along the way with another.
Way back in October 2001, the boss of where I worked at that time implemented a program wherein during the regularly scheduled monthly meetings he wanted his employees to give presentations. The topics could be about pretty much anything, so I was one of the few to actually volunteer for a time slot and then …
In learning about another cyclist getting attacked on the Ballona Creek (via Damien Newton on Streetsblog LA), I first “chewed with my mouth closed.” In other words I seethed in silence, digesting the angrifying news without posting a hyperbolic comment in response. Then yesterday after reading the comment of a fellow bike commuter whose response …
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Yesterday my fellow LA Metblogs writer Jason Burns posted about a Burbank resident who wrote a column that ran in the Burbank Leader calling for the installation of posted speed limits and the police enforcement of them along the otherwise marvelous Chandler Bikeway because there are just too many overly entitled cyclists making it difficult …