This was originally published as an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on January 5, 2023. In 1946 — just after World War II, and in an era when the streetcar still ruled the streets — Los Angeles leaders realized they had a problem. People were buying cars, but there…

I was biking a few days ago in the Palm Springs area (the City of Palm Desert, to be specific) when — for the second time in a month at the same exact intersection — a driver honked, rev’d his engine, flicked me off, and told me I should “learn…

I started biking to and from LAX 5 years ago, and two years ago Kat joined me for the first time (sans kids). Today, we did our most ambitious ride yet — and transported 3 kids, 2 bags (one checked, one carry on size), a car seat, a car booster…

At 35,000 people, West Hollywood is a small city sandwiched between Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. At less than 2 square miles, you can literally walk the entire city in about 45 minutes. Despite its small size and solid finances, the City has done relatively little in terms of multi-modal…

In the early 1900s, a new form of engineering was born — the Traffic Engineer. The Traffic Engineers’ main purpose was to “solve” traffic and gridlock, mainly by expanding the capacity of roadways and removing anything that might get in the way of free flowing, uninhibited vehicle traffic.

Like Council District 5 (where I live), Council District 13 under Mitch O’Farrell has been a progressive transportation desert. Mitch didn’t build a single protected bike lane in his 9 years in office, and in nearly every instance ignored the City’s Mobility Plan 2035. In fact, it wasn’t until about…

When I started biking, it was on a used Schwinn that was made before I was born. It had 5 speeds, and I thought it was fantastic. Eventually my father couldn’t take the fact that I…

In my 3+ years of local advocacy I’ve heard every objection under the sun to putting in safe bike infrastructure. It seems that no one objects to bike lanes themselves, but they object to the reallocation of space that make safe bike lanes possible. Drivers seem to view roads as…

UPDATE: The first bike bus was great! We will be doing them EVERY TUESDAY MORNING (school days); leave Poinsettia Park by 7:50am. RSVP for future ones using this form (or just show up!). When speaking with…