In April of 2020, in the full swing of the pandemic, Streets For All started advocating for more streets to be pedestrianized and made for biking, to give people more space to recreate during COVID-19. At only 4.5' feet wide on average, LA’s sidewalks weren’t wide enough to maintain social…

I’m so proud of this new culture change video Streets For All just dropped, and wanted to share it with you all. Enjoy!

This article was originally published as an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on February 27, 2023. Half a century ago, it was very common for kids to disappear into their neighborhood and play with other kids, often arriving by bike. This included the school commute. In 1969, 48% of…

My wife and I are planning to spend a few weeks in New Jersey this summer with her family. As soon as we started talking about spending more than a few days away from home, my mind immediately went to what bike setup I was going to have there. …

I recently listened to one of my favorite episodes of The War On Cars podcast — Episode 99 “Car Brain with Dr. Ian Walker.” In it, Ian makes some amazing points about how people generally see the world and the double standards by which we judge cars versus other things…

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…