Listen to part 1 of 2 of my interview with @norton.bsky.social about his books, robotaxis, and changing social norms around how streets are used

@streetsforall.org @norton.bsky.social soundcloud.com/biketalk/260...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is posting before/after pics of some of the city’s street transformations and I am reminded we could have this in Los Angeles too. In fact we did for a few hours during ArroyoFest. If only there were political will to fully ban cars from the Arroyo Seco Parkway!

The first modern “Class II” bike lane in Los Angeles dates from about 1974 and the first time car lanes were eliminated to make space for bike lanes happened in 1979 and 1980. When were the first bike lanes painted in your city? Or when were car lanes converted to bike lanes?

Simpsons predicted this with Linguo m.youtube.com/watch?v=zti2...

It genuinely felt good to preorder order this book by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social I look forward to their live show at Dynasty Typewriter, which incidentally is right next to MacArthur Park where the city plans to pedestrianize two blocks of Wilshire Bl to expand the park

The Dutch mindset can’t comprehend riding a cargo bike in a setting this hilly (and sunny).

London’s bike paths pushed to their capacity limits in some places in this video taken during a transit strike. m.youtube.com/watch?v=53OA...

I love my e-bike, it is a necessity to avoid sweating on my commute or when riding the hills of my neighborhood with cargo. But when I get the chance to pick up lunch or dinner in my neighborhood I prefer to use my regular bike.

I just ran the numbers & it looks like since just March this year the industry group Bay Area Council spent btwn $35k to $43.7k on Facebook & Instagram ads promoting their campaign to close the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail. Are we going to let them win? Speak up! www.facebook.com/ads/library/...

Is there good shade umbrella for biking? Some bikes have shade for passengers which is great but what about the rider? I would love to take refuge in shade from tall buildings or trees but LA has few of either and sometimes you are stopped at a red light just baking in the sun.

Riding home from work and hit some minor bike traffic on the Arroyo Seco bike path.

Minor cargo bike haul from local Buy Nothing group.

A whole lot of organizations and politicians do not understand just how minimal their 'reach' truly is on X. It's not what Twitter was. You are shouting at bots and right-wingers. Nobody else sees what you do there. Daily users are down, time on site is down, and the algorithm is hostile to you.

🚨 New bike lane alert 🚨 Still in progress but bike lanes are being installed on Avenue 64 in Highland Park/Garvanza

Fun times at ciclamini today on Pico and seeing strong interest in making the street safer.

It’s easy to write off Los Angeles as a car dominated wasteland, and in doing so forget about the River bike path & its river-oriented cafes/ restaurants, the transforming DTLA & its growing network of protected bike lanes and rail adjacent park space, Griffith Park & its car-free roads, and more.

The Winter Cycling Conference is an event where cities that get cold come together and share tips and motivation for cycling through winter. How about a Summer Cycling Conference for places that get hot- Bogota, Mexico City, South Korea, Seville, Madrid, California, etc?

Local, paid journalism and newspapers/orgs with ethical standards matter. I like that LAPublicPress.org provides *free* physical copies at mom and pop shops. If you can, donate: givebutter.com/joinlapublic... Also a fan of LAist.com and their continued radio presence. Donate: support.laist.com

Walking is the most practical mobility mode we have. Yet today it has been marginalized in favor of driving – even in places where walking makes most sense. How did we lose the right to walk – and how can we recover it? Listen in Tuesday, May 6. Register here: transweb.sjsu.edu/events/Recla...

AI is like plastic. It has some legit uses, yes, but it's really bad for the environment so it should be used as little as possible. Unlike plastic, it's a whole lot easier to restrict it now, because it's only been around a few years rather than ~200. The time to stop it is now.

1) We know where the traffic is 2) easiest traffic to fix is convert short car trips to walk, bike, and transit (invest in these) 3) Most traffic happens as drivers get closer to the central city (see #2 above) 4) long distance freeway traffic is fixed via better public transit, infill development

With time it should get better to get around Los Angeles by bicycle. County voters passed Measure R and M to build out our rail network. City voters passed Measure HLA to build out bike lanes and bus lanes. Every time cicLAvia occurs, thousands of people come out to enjoy LA car-free. There’s hope!

For about 2 to 3 months in 2020, we had streets in Los Angeles that became pedestrian priority streets. People walking and biking on these “Slow Streets” outnumbered car traffic and on my local “ Slow Street” I saw more people walking and biking in 2 months than I have seen in the years since.

Driving a car might be the best choice for an individual, but it always is a net negative for everyone outside of the vehicle.

For anyone wondering, a good e-cargo bike can manage the steep potholed streets of Northeast LA.

My attempts to connect between Fletcher Dr and the Red Car Pedestrian Bridge in Atwater. I have yet to find the best bike route between the two points but zig-zag to avoid the surprising amount of car traffic on the local streets in this area.

How do we get Kenneth Mejia to run for mayor against Bass in 2026? This dude is legit.

Somehow when this book came out in 2019 I didn’t hear about it but I am excited to crack open this book and learn about Copenhagen’s journey on becoming bike friendly and applicable lessons locally.

On today’s Urban Arrow adventure I picked up some groceries followed by an easel from local Buy Nothing group. As I biked home, a kid riding his scooter on the sidewalk stopped in his tracks and said “wow” when I passed by.

Urbanists in the US, please stop posting on X and informing him of things to destroy.

Which city in California is currently doing the best at building out bike infrastructure and promoting biking? Some choices: Berkeley Culver City Davis Fremont Los Angeles Long Beach Oakland Richmond Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Santa Ana Santa Barbara Santa Monica Other Let me know please!

Unlike car traffic, I like it when I see people biking during my commute, stopped at a red light ahead of me.

JSK has logged on. smash that follow button

In the absence of safe, pleasant, and convenient bicycle parking (that is also accessible to cargo bikes) I am forced to take up a regular parking space with my Urban Arrow cargo bike.

My favorite cafe puts a local twist on a London Fog by branding it as a “LA Smog”.

Tesla sales are already falling around the world. In January (YoY): 🇪🇸 75% ⬇️ 🇫🇷 63% ⬇️ 🇩🇪 59% ⬇️ 🇳🇴 40% ⬇️ 🇬🇧 18% ⬇️ 🇺🇸 13% ⬇️ 🇨🇳 11.5% ⬇️ (first decline) *This* is hitting Musk where it hurts.

Be nice, have fun, ride a bike, support local businesses.

When I was thinking about grad school I was eyeing UCLAs Urban Planning program, in part because of Professor Donald Shoup and his parking course. I started doing the math and worried he would retire before I could even apply. I took his class and graduated right when he “retired”. He will be missed

high fares does not mean better service for riders. LA metro last raised their transit fare in 2014 to $1.75 & haven't raised fares again for the past 11 years. los angeles also funds the largest frequent bus network in the US outside of NYC, & the largest transit expansion program in the US 1/3

With a bipartisan 6-1 vote, WA's senate housing committee just backed a bill returning to property owners the right to decide how many parking spaces their property needs www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/06/p... bill text: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

Bogotá, Colombia is the largest city in the world that prohibits the use of private motor vehicles one day per year. This year, that was today. The vast majority of residents don't own these things, and for them, it's a great day. Details here (in Spanish): bogota.gov.co/mi-ciudad/mo...

Cal alum who still visits Berkeley, I have thoughts! Bike lanes on Henry + Shattuck when?? (Also symbolically remove the bike ban in Sutter tunnel- hardened commuters ignore the ban anyway) Zero reason for Durant to be 3 lanes Car-free Telegraph Bike lanes on Claremont, Sacramento, San Pablo

Unlocked a new Urban Arrow achievement of transporting a bike in the front

The Los Angeles Traffic Ordinance of 1925 went into effect 100 years ago next Friday, January 24. The new law gave motorists priority in the city’s streets and became the model ordinance for the whole country.

A snapshot of happier times: the bike parking at my kiddo’s bday party last last weekend. One of the wonderful families, (dedicated to environment & to their community) who arrived on bike lost everything in the #EatonFire. Please consider supporting if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

It’s common to get couple curious people ask about my bike on a given outing but got so many compliments while out today. I feel like I need double-sided business cards to pass out to people so that they can look up Propel Bikes and Urban Arrow. Anyone do something like this? @americanfietser.com

Bikeshare stations and bike lanes everywhere. Rapid buses with 3 min headways. 55 kilometers of open streets every Sunday. ¡Viva CDMX! I’m back home in Culver City and feeling inspired to help make our city even safer and easier to get around 🚴🚍🚏🚙👩‍🦽🚶👩‍🦯🤸‍♂️🌳

Video of bicycle traffic from Davis, California. About 12% of commutes are done by bicycle, which is impressive in general but especially so for the United States where most communities only have 1-2% of commutes by bicycle. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfv...