Flying Pigeon Los Angeles

- no bike lanes (ever!), tons of new housing, and building the legacy projects of the Reyes administration as well as oddball public art/parks (i.e. utility box portrait of his own dad, hillside park in Chinatown). I can dig it. Life goes on. =

Strong Towns - the book!

Strong Towns: The Book — Strong Towns Announcing the first book by Strong Towns President Charles l. Marohn, and a tour across America

Like the beautiful Joe Buscaino in San Pedro, Supervisor Hilda Solis is coming to the aid of . Kudos Super. Solis! 😍😍😍

More Protected Bike Lanes Coming Soon to LA County The LA County Department of Public Works (DPW) currently maintains 46 miles of bike lanes in unincorporated areas throughout the County and is in the design phase for 34 additional miles. However, …

Crazy huh? You put handrails on a staircase and fewer people fall to their death. You design safer streets and fewer people get mown down - who woulda guessed?

Bike Commuters Are Dying in Record Numbers According to the League of American Bicyclists, more cyclists died on U.S. roads in 2016 than at any other time in the past quarter-century. But that doesn't show the whole picture.

Venice bike lanes made permanent? You can submit comments to support:

19-0092 (CFMS)

Gnarly Charly, a Team Flying Pigeon racer in the Coaster Brake Challenge from years back, took a spill out in the desert. , help this teacher, athlete, musician, and full-time super hero get back to cartwheeling and free climbing. BTW, this is what passes for universal health care nowadays!

https://www.gofundme.com/gnarly-charly

Click here to support Gnarly Charly organized by Steve Maybe Campos Our dear friend Gnarly Charly has sustained some serious injuries last weekend when his fingers got crushed during a vehicle rollover that he was riding in. He will be out of work recovering for 3 weeks plus. I would like to raise $5,000.00 to aid him with the medical bills and hopefully supplem...

“Evaporate traffic” - new slogan for the War on Cars?

‘The cars just disappeared’: What happened to the 90,000 cars a day the viaduct carried before it closed? Since the closure of Highway 99 through Seattle on Jan. 11, commute times have been slightly above average — but have fallen far short of the most dire predictions.

Watch this get plead down to probation. :/

Woman Arrested In Hit-And-Run Death Of College Student A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of a college student in Redondo Beach.

It really is sad that transportation “engineers” in Los Angeles use their talents for so many wonderful things, but they overlook the simple and inexpensive things that can save lives - safer street designs.

2 Drivers Take Out 11 Parked Cars In 2 Unrelated Accidents The driver was heading north on Cypress Ave. around 1 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, according to authorities.

Arroyo Seco river bed bike path is washed away. The legacy of Art Snyder in the community continues to fade.

Heads up missing pavement on the Arroyo bike path. This is between the the dog park/Ave 60 & Horse stables/Marmian Way.

Keeping love for riding alive!

The East Side Riders Are Changing the Cycle in South LA This community service group on bikes serves food to the homeless and advocates for bike safety

I have a hard time going to these ceremonies, but Ghost Bikes are how we show solidarity with fallen riders and their loved ones.

SoCal Group Puts up White Bikes for Fallen Cyclists White bikes are made for bikers killed while riding.

Say it ain't so! You mean, we actually have a "solution" to fiscal instability and transportation planning problems in urban areas? But it looks like I might have to stop driving for every trip. Nah, not into it.

Bike lanes prove that transportation solutions can be cheap and effective | The Star A new report says 10 times as many cyclists ride on Richmond and Adelaide Sts. since dedicated bike lanes were installed there, Edward Keenan writes.

My smug "I ride a bike to improve my quality of life" attitude is at an all time high this morning. Glorious rainy school run w. a cargo bike made for this weather.

Just a Gold Line ride away! Stan's in Monrovia - worth a visit.

Come check out our new E-Bikes from . Both are 20" Wheels 350 Watt Brushless motors.

You can travel up to 20 MPH and up to 50 MILES in distance in between charges on these bad boys. (Chihuahua not included)

Trapped between your car door and the wall, your car in drive, and nobody around to help.

Woman Killed While Penned Between Car Door And Side Of Home - MyNewsLA.com Share this article:A 66-year-old woman was killed when she was pinned between the open door of her car and the side of her home in unincorporated Los Angeles County, the California Highway Patrol said Saturday. The death occurred about 9:50 p.m. Friday at a home in the 1500 block of West 126th Stree...

Another big whiff from the LACBC with Marc Caswell as President of the Board. I wouldn't expect anything better for a good long while from this organization. Cyclists, save your money for better gear, life insurance, and legal representation. A dollar donated to the current LACBC is a dollar not used to protect your own life.

A Short Interview with New L.A. County Bike Coalition Director Eli Kaufman Yesterday, the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition announced that Eli Akira Kaufman is now the organization’s new executive director. Kaufman studied at UCLA and Oberlin College. In recent years, Kaufman…

Every year the ASCE tries to wring more money for economic dead end projects that in many cases undermine the values of a democratic society.

Failure to Act (like professionals) According to their newest report, the American Society of Civil Engineers would have us believe that we're failing to act by not spending enough on infrastructure. This is false.

Bring back the Get Sum Dim Sum Ride? Thanks to La Cycle Tours, we are bringing it back!
http://flyingpigeon-la.com/2019/01/return-of-the-get-sum-dim-sum-ride/

Return of the Get Sum Dim Sum ride! a blog for a bike shop that is closed

No Charges Filed Today in Crash That Killed Mom and Daughter Orange County prosecutors asked investigators Thursday for more evidence before considering filing charges in what the California Highway Patrol alleges was an alcohol-fueled, multiple-vehicle New Year's...

Worth a trip!

2018: The Year My Bike Got Run Over by a Bus | Biking with kids in Los Angeles   Not the actual bus, but an identical one.   I promised myself that I wouldn't go the entire year without a post, so here it goes.   This year the biggest tran...

Happy motoring America!
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ROAD RAGE IN AMERICA - BEST OF THE YEAR | BAD DRIVERS USA, CANADA Best (IMHO) of the Year Road Rage & Bad drivers in North America. Videos featured in the following compilation are intended for criticism, educational and jo...

In 'Worst Bike City In America,' Law Passed To Make Biking Safer Is Rarely Enforced Cycling in SoCal is hazardous. The state's so-called Three Foot Law was supposed to make bicyclists safer from at one danger: passing cars. So why are some big Southern California police agencies almost never issuing tickets?