Last chance to Learn to 🚲 before the upcoming #CelebrateLA #LAPhil100xCicLAvia on 9/30. This Sunday, 9/16, 9am. Register here: http://www.cicle.org/event/learn-to-ride-for-adults-49/

So disappointing.

“Our focus is on longevity,” Ching said. “We’re not just going to bring in a bunch of bicycles and leave them on the street, and we’re not going to decide one day to no longer service the location.” ... See more

Pasadena's exit from the countywide bike-share program is a blow for L.A. Metro, as officials struggle to compete against privately funded systems that provide bikes for free and allow users to leave bikes anywhere. ... See more

"...you miss out on the freedom that it affords you, the health benefits, the expansion of social horizons."

Cycling makes children confident and fit. It’s a national scandal that so few have a skill that is as basic as reading, says Guardian writer Nazia Parveen

"We need to reduce traffic congestion not by building more traffic lanes, but by reducing car trips and that means creating multi-modal options that make public transportation available to more of our population." ... See more

We need to reduce traffic congestion not by building more traffic lanes, but by reducing car trips and that means creating multi-modal options that make public transportation available to more of o…

"During rush hour, it is very inefficient for a one-tonne hulk of metal to take one person 10 blocks..."

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is encouraging customers to book bicycles instead of cars for short urban trips, even if that costs his company.

"...it also put me in the best possible mood!”

She says the trip put her "in the best possible mood"

"And as it stands, from time to time, I see parents with their kids on Birds. Totally against the law. But why are they doing it? It’s because the Birds’ convenience meets an unmet need. And people are willing to pay." ... See more

This is part 1 of Sirinya's multi-part series on How We’re Making Car-Lite Work in Santa Monica. Originally published to Raising Wilshire. Shortly before we left for our East Coast Adventure, the Santa Monica City Council approved a shared mobility pilot that rejected staff’s recommendationfor a ... See more

“Once you give pedestrians the power to wander across and not worry about a car coming from one direction or another it frees up a lot what we can do in the street...We can take it from a place about shopping to a place about culture.” ... See more

Moved by the success of farmers markets and other pedestrian-based events, the new owners of Playa Vista's commercial core called Runway have decided to permanently close the center to through-traffic and try to make it a place where people want to linger. ... See more

"We’re trying to shift 80-plus years of car culture,” says Dan Huynh ... “and to show that our lives matter on the streets.”

Car advocates call it "lane theft"—but could it save lives?

Dogs + Bikes = ❤️

Columbo, a five-month-old puppy, was found on the side of the road in Georgia and hitched a ride into town with some bikers. Once there, he ran into Andrea Shaw, who was in town on business — she immediately knew he needed help and decided to adopt him. Now he lives with his new family in Maine. ... See more