Bicycle Film Festival Returns to Rock LA

Four fabulous days filled with films, parades, block parties, and rock shows – all bike themed.

Viva La Cyclista: A lesson in civil rights

Eradicating right-turn lanes part of bike-friendly traffic solutions

Whips and Chains

I have come to the conclusion that some bicycle specific tools are designed to be used on new, or almost new bicycles.

New MTA Bus Campaign Lacks a Clear Message

You may have seen it – the new “slam•i•pho•bi•a PSA campaign donning the backs of big, bright, orange Metro buses cruising L.A. City streets.

Arrest at Santa Monica Critical Mass

Critical mass in Santa Monica met at the pier tonight (June 1, 2007) at 7:00ish. By 8ish we had made several circuits around the city center and up San Vicente. We were coming down (West) on San Vicente, towards Ocean Ave when this incident took place.

Cyclist death spurs new law

Mary O’Donnell’s message to state senators last week was simple: Pass a proposed “vulnerable road users” bill so no other family has to suffer like hers.

Bike to Work prize puzzles avid cyclist

Every time I write about energy conservation, I get bombarded with e-mails from readers who accuse me of dastardly crimes against the planet.

Survey shows American workers like to drive alone

Global warming may be the nation's latest roadside attraction, but the American obsession with the carbon-spewing automobile still seems to be charging full speed ahead.

Cyclists peel off clothes to push pedaling, protest pump

Traffic came to a standstill and onlookers gaped or took photographs as the bare cyclists streamed past London's landmarks, blowing whistles and waving flags saying "Rights for Bikes".

COMMENTARY: Bikes on the Rails

Making Room for Bikes on Trains (and Everywhere Else)

DOT survey reveals some surprises

One-third of Washington residents say they traveled exclusively by car to get from one place to the other last year, never walking, biking or using public transportation.

Bicycles in NYC

David Byrne on bicycling in NYC

Fresh from the Valley

Fresh from the Valley comes the latest video from the San Fernando Illegal Soapbox Federation.

Cities build new bike paths. Will cyclists come?

While some municipalities see a surge in bicycling, national figures for 2005 show the same number bike to work as did in 1990.

Bike activists going guerrilla

Cycling `repair squad' takes to the streets over slow expansion of bike lane program

Bicycle Grief

For years, San Francisco bicyclists have ignored stop signs and other traffic laws without repercussions. Not anymore.

Bamboo bike quite the offshoot

Ten years ago, a Santa Cruz shop owner's dog got him thinking. Now he hopes his concept will take root in Africa.

Portland ranks first in nation for biking to work

A larger share of Portlanders commute by bicycle than in any other large city in America, eight times the national average, according to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, who took note of the statistic during a presentation Wednesday at City Hall.

Shared space works to bring civility to our lives

As more of us retire from long-held work schedules and begin to look at where and how we might want to live for the next five or so years, residing within a compatible neighborhood seems like something to investigate.

L.A. Should Roll on City of Bikes

We don't take bicycles seriously enough. We should aspire to imitate the city of Paris, not for all the unforgettable reasons to love the place, but for its imminent policy regarding bicycles.

As gas prices rise, more drivers ride the cycling trend

JAN CHARRETTE donned her helmet in her second-floor office. She grabbed her mountain bike and rode the elevator down. Colleagues eyed her curiously.

Dirt Rag Mag Interviews CICLE Founder Shay Sanchez

When you think of urban bike culture, Los Angeles is probably not the first city that springs to mind.

Biking the Trail of the Underground Railroad

A group of cyclists is riding 2,100 miles along the Underground Railroad this month (May). The journey from Mobile, Ala., to Ontario, Canada, follows the route that many slaves used to escape to freedom.

Transit expert: Cast out autos

With the fervor of a preacher inciting his fallen flock to turn away from their addictions, Enrique Penalosa told a crowd of adoring alternative transportation advocates Wednesday at Oakland City Hall that shunning their cars and SUVs could bring happiness to East Bay cities.

A look at the nationwide fixation with fixed gears

Andrew Vontz who takes you out to the streets of L.A. for an insider's look at the fixed gear phenomenon.

Cars and bicycles shouldn't compete

I was driving along an open stretch of Pacific Coast Highway the other day, at or just under the posted speed limit of 50 mph, and every hundred yards or so I was passing groups of two or three or a dozen bicyclists pedaling along in the bike lane. •••

She's not in a bubble; she's on a bicycle

Beth Wacks, 31, grew up in Pikesville. After attending St. Mary's College of Maryland, Wacks lived in New York City, Berkeley, Calif., and Providence, R.I., while "looking around" for what she wanted to do in life.