Technology + Bike = Secure Bike?
Photo by billaday via Flickr In a recent NPR – Marketplace story, travel writer Patrick Symmes talks about an experiment he’s conducting with bikes and GPS trackers — you see Symmes has had seven bikes...
View ArticleNew Contributor – Jung Gatoona
Hello Source readers, My name is Jung Gatoona. If you’ve been following this blog since its beginnings, you’ve probably seen my name a few times as I used to write about transit for a different blog,...
View ArticleThe Orange Line Extension's new bike lane
The view looking north toward the Santa Susana Mountains. In addition to the new four miles of busway, the Orange Line Extension features four new miles of bike lane and walking path between Canoga...
View ArticleWolfpack Hustle: 2012 Midnight Drag Race
From state-champions to local big shots, there are tons of super fast cyclists that claim to be fastest of the fast. However, there’s only one way to settle who’s fit to be throned with the title as...
View ArticleBike-Escalators: Should they come to LA?
Photo by Mikael Colville-Andersen “GET OUT OF THE WAY!” A woman yelled at a cyclist while both were going up the escalator. The impatient woman was enforcing the unwritten rule that one side of an...
View ArticleCycling: An addiction I won’t quit for the new year
I’ll just come out and say it. One of my goals for 2013 is to bike 10,000 miles before this year comes to an end, which is almost double the distance of what I rode in 2012. Tommy Godwin, an English...
View ArticleCycling adventures in L.A. – New Year’s Eve Group Ride
Posing in front of the USS Iowa Photo by Khoren Edward Mirzakhanian Every Tuesday, The Source will highlight some of the many adventures Angelenos have with their bikes. So don’t forget to take your...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Monday, Jan. 14
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email...
View ArticleCycling adventures in L.A. – Climbing Palos Verdes
Enjoying the ocean view from Palos Verdes Photo by Jonathan Osorio Every Tuesday, The Source will highlight some of the many adventures Angelenos have with their bikes. So don’t forget to take your...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Wednesday, Feb. 13; Transpo & State of the Union,...
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email...
View ArticleMid-City to Downtown L.A.: Which route is the safest to bike?
Every weekday morning I commute to work during rush hour on bike, starting from the Mid-City neighborhood and ending at Metro headquarters, adjacent to Union Station in downtown LA. On a bike it’s a...
View ArticleWork underway to connect El Monte Transit Center to Rio Hondo bike path
Some very good news for cyclists from Anthony Jusay with Metro’s Bike Planning staff: the Rio Hondo Bike Path will soon be connected to the El Monte Transit Center. Metro began construction on the...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Thursday, February 6
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Where...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Monday, March 3
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Have...
View ArticleA few photos from yesterday’s CicLAvia on Wilshire Boulevard
Photo by Gary Leonard for Metro. No surprise: another big crowd for CicLAvia on Sunday, with cyclists, walkers and others taking over Wilshire Boulevard between downtown Los Angeles and the Miracle...
View ArticleWhy You Ride: Bicycle Edition – Steven Nancarrow, committed to transforming...
We are collecting nominations for the Year-Round Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a monthly Why you Ride series because for...
View ArticleWhy You Ride: Bicycle Edition – Kasia Bohos finds happiness in bicycling
We are collecting nominations for the Year-Round Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a monthly Why you Ride series because for...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Wednesday, August 27
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF...
View ArticleWho is your bike hero?
She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle, will gain the mastery of life. – Susan B. Anthony The Golden Pedal Award shines a spotlight on those individuals who take the bicycle, deny...
View ArticleHow to get to the Valley’s first CicLAvia
The first CicLAvia in the San Fernando Valley is now less than two weeks away. The free mega-event that celebrates Los Angeles-area street environs via walking, biking, roller skating and more will...
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