New Lanes, New Signs
Overnight, Corona del Mar got some new striping along Coast Hwy, some new signage, too. Let's take a look: first a new bike lane... The idea here is that cyclists will stay out in this lane because to move them…
Privileging Local Users
"It's the Business District that insisted on the traffic lights." I met Charlie Gandy for coffee early Sunday morning and when you're in Belmont Shore with Charlie it doesn't take long for the conversation to turn to Sharrows. Every time…
Cyclists Add Up to Something
Good data can affect public policy; without it we’re just spinning our wheels, so take a cyclist census in your neighborhood. Of course, all neighborhoods matter to us, but we especially want to count cyclists along Coast Hwy: Mariner's Mile…
A Stretch Goal: Sharrows All Along the Coast?
Melissa Balmer, Martin Howard, Allan Crawford and Dan Murphy consider the many great ideas to come out of a half-day strategy session led by Charlie Gandy.Bikeable Communities did a little outreach in Corona del Mar today. Several Long Beach bike…
Suja Lowenthal, Transforming a Built-Out City
It’s the difference between being a defeatist about how you see your city and being eternally optimistic about what your role can beSuja Lowenthal Mark Bixby invited me to lunch, "I'm meeting Suja downtown at Congregation, come along?" We felt…
Peter Lagerwey: How to Build a Bicycle Master Plan
Seattle is rated as a Gold Level city for bicycle friendliness according to the League of American Bicyclists. It's rated #4 on Bicycling Magazine's Top 50 Cities in the country, so they're doing a lot of things right. How did…