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 | UPCOMING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES | | | |
| UPCOMING EVENTS
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Metro Bicycle Education Safety Training (BEST) Program Classes | | Metro is working with local non-profit bike organizations to help make bicycling safer in Los Angeles by conducting bicycle traffic skills classes and sponsoring community rides countywide. These safety education classes and rides are free to the public. | | | |
Metro Bicycle Education Safety Training (BEST) Program Classes | | Metro is working with local non-profit bike organizations to help make bicycling safer in Los Angeles by conducting bicycle traffic skills classes and sponsoring community rides countywide. These safety education classes and rides are free to the public. | | | | | | | |
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| | BICYCLING 101 ONLINE CLASSES: | | | | | |
Ciclismo 101:
Navegando por Union Station de Los Angeles (LACBC) SÁBADO 22 DE MAYO
2PM - 3PM
BIKE MONTH - Bicycling 101:
Ask An Expert Q + A (ActiveSGV) SUNDAY MAY 23
12PM - 1PM | | | BIKE MONTH - Bicycling 101:
Rules of the Road for Group Riding (PMJ) TUESDAY MAY 25
6PM - 7PM
Bicycling 101:
Making Use of Public Transit Infrastructure (LACBC) WEDNESDAY JUNE 16
5:30PM - 6:30PM | | | |
Ciclismo 101:
Navegando por Union Station de Los Angeles (LACBC) SÁBADO 22 DE MAYO
2PM - 3PM
BIKE MONTH - Bicycling 101:
Ask An Expert Q + A (ActiveSGV) SUNDAY MAY 23
12PM - 1PM | | | BIKE MONTH - Bicycling 101:
Rules of the Road for Group Riding (PMJ) TUESDAY MAY 25
6PM - 7PM
Bicycling 101:
Making Use of Public Transit Infrastructure (LACBC) WEDNESDAY JUNE 16
5:30PM - 6:30PM | | | |
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BIKE MONTH - Bicycle Maintenance:
How To True A Wheel Part II (ActiveSGV) WEDNESDAY MAY 26
6PM - 7PM | | | BIKE MONTH - Bicycle Maintenance:
Fix-A-Flat (PMJ) SATURDAY MAY 29
11AM - 12:15PM | | | |
BIKE MONTH - Bicycle Maintenance:
How To True A Wheel Part II (ActiveSGV) WEDNESDAY MAY 26
6PM - 7PM | | | BIKE MONTH - Bicycle Maintenance:
Fix-A-Flat (PMJ) SATURDAY MAY 29
11AM - 12:15PM | | | |
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| | | | Our virtual LA Rivers Challenge is right around the corner! Starting June 1, whether you signed up to complete 31 miles or 200, our waterway badges will guide your path to victory from week to week. Thank you to our sponsors! | | | |  | | | | |
| | | | Our virtual LA Rivers Challenge is right around the corner! Starting June 1, whether you signed up to complete 31 miles or 200, our waterway badges will guide your path to victory from week to week. Thank you to our sponsors! | | | | | | | | |
| | Three new COVID-19 Transit-Adjacent Vaccination Sites Now Open | | | | | | | |
| | Three new COVID-19 Transit-Adjacent Vaccination Sites Now Open | | | | | | | |
Help make L.A. a
great place to bike!
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LA COUNTY BIKE MATCH Help us bring bikes to people in need with #LACountyBikeMatch! | | | | | | | |
STRAVA COMMUTE A running and cycling computer to track and share your commuting stats based on Strava Metro. | | | | | | | |
SEATYLOCK Support LACBC while securing your bike. When you make a purchase at Seatylock through the link below, a portion of your purchase goes to suppport LACBC! | | | | | | | |
LIME HERO Thank you to all of you who have supported LACBC by opting to donate a slice of your Lime Ride! | | | | | | | |
LA COUNTY BIKE MATCH Help us bring bikes to people in need with #LACountyBikeMatch! | | | | | | | |
STRAVA COMMUTE A running and cycling computer to track and share your commuting stats based on Strava Metro. | | | | | | | |
SEATYLOCK Support LACBC while securing your bike. When you make a purchase at Seatylock through the link below, a portion of your purchase goes to suppport LACBC! | | | | | | | |
LIME HERO Thank you to all of you who have supported LACBC by opting to donate a slice of your Lime Ride! | | | | | | | |
Bike Shops Open
During the Pandemic
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| | LACBC has teamed up with Business Partners to support businesses that support bicycling. Current LACBC members can show their membership card and save at business partners! | | | | | |
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| | Highland Park Brewery focuses on good people, adventure, and fun with a strong community of cyclists! | | Each month HPB donates proceeds of a special food item to help support nonprofit organizations. For the month of May, LACBC is grateful to be featured! A portion of the proceeds from Highland Park Brewery's charity tots will be going toward LACBC. This month's charity tots are the pizza tots - tater tots tossed with Italian herb spice, spicy marinara, vegan Parmesan, vegan ricotta, & Calabrian chiles! Available now for pickup or in-person ordering! HPB is open for dine-in and to-go. | | | | HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY
1220 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
DINE-IN: Sun-Wed: 12pm - 8pm, Thur-Sat: 12pm - 10pm
TO-GO: Sunday: 12pm - 8pm, Thur-Sat: 12pm - 9:30pm | | | | | |
 | INFRASTRUCTURE & POLICY UPDATES | | | | | |
| INFRASTRUCTURE
& POLICY UPDATES | | | | | |
| | State updates with local implications | | | | | | | |
| | State updates with local implications | | | | | | | |
 | | | California's 1,230-mile coastal trail 70% complete | | A recently released map shows the progress - and the gaps. | | | | | | | |
| | | California's 1,230-mile coastal trail 70% complete | | A recently released map shows the progress - and the gaps. | | | | | | | |
| | Los Angeles and Regional Updates | | | | | |
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| | Los Angeles and Regional Updates | | | | | | | |
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Submit comments on Metro's budget for the upcoming fiscal year | | | | | | | | | | | | Los Angeles
Meanwhile Streetsblog LA takes a look at the budget | | | | | | | |
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Submit comments on Metro's budget for the upcoming fiscal year | | | | | | | | | | | | Los Angeles
Meanwhile Streetsblog LA takes a look at the budget | | | | | | | |
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Masks still required on mass transit | | Federal mask order doesn't expire untill September 13; plus there's three new vaccination clinics at Metro stations. | | | | | | | | |  | | | Central Los Angeles
Tonight: Expo/Crenshaw First/Last Mile Open House | | The online event is from 6pm-7:30pm. Can't make it tonight? There's another meeting next week on Tuesday from 2pm-3:30pm. | | | | | | | | | |
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Masks still required on mass transit | | Federal mask order doesn't expire untill September 13; plus there's three new vaccination clinics at Metro stations. | | | | | | | | | | | | Central Los Angeles
Tonight: Expo/Crenshaw First/Last Mile Open House | | The online event is from 6pm-7:30pm. Can't make it tonight? There's another meeting next week on Tuesday from 2pm-3:30pm. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meanwhile, the LA Progressive adds some context to the BRT concept. | | | | | | | | | | | | Central Los Angeles - Hancock Park
Hancock Park Homeowners Association opposes traffic lights on 4th St at Highland and Rossmore | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meanwhile, the LA Progressive adds some context to the BRT concept. | | | | | | | | | | | | Central Los Angeles - Hancock Park
Hancock Park Homeowners Association opposes traffic lights on 4th St at Highland and Rossmore. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Learn more about the Foothill Blvd Traffic Safety Improvements project and how you can make a difference. | | | | | | | | |  | | | Westside
Metro & LADOT Bike Share Returns to the Westside | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Learn more about the Foothill Blvd Traffic Safety Improvements project and how you can make a difference. | | | | | | | | | | | | Westside
Metro & LADOT Bike Share Returns to the Westside | | | | | | | |
Make L.A. safer and
more fun to ride!
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 | ACKNOWLEDGING VICTIMS
OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE | | | |
| ACKNOWLEDGING VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE | | | |
| | This is a space for Angelenos to remember and honor those who have passed while riding in L.A., for whatever reason. If you would like to share a few words about someone you know that passed away while riding, please click here. We will be sharing a couple of these remembrances in each newsletter. | | | | | |
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| | Adriana Rodriguez, Died on 4/28/21. They were 31 years old.
Adriana Rodriguez was riding a bike in Lincoln Heights when they were hit by a person driving a vehicle on April 18th. Adriana was taken to the hospital and was on life support for 10 days. Adriana was a mother of five. | | | | | | | | | |
Bike Rider in critical condition, Struck on 5/10/21.
The driver of a maroon Kia Optima traveling eastbound on Florence on Monday 5/10 at 6:55pm hit a bicyclist then fled the scene. The driver continued southbound on Flower Street. | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Ride With GPS Spills the Deets | | | | | |
Ride With GPS folks sit down with Bikes or Death Podcasts. Bikes or Death Podcast is centered on bikepacking, adventure cycling and the outdoors. | | | | | | | |
| | Ride With GPS Spills the Deets | | Ride With GPS folks sit down with Bikes or Death Podcasts. Bikes or Death Podcast is centered on bikepacking, adventure cycling and the outdoors. | | | | | | | |
| | How helmet laws are used against homeless people & people of color | | A look at Seattle shows 43% of citations go towards homeless people, while Black cyclists receive citations at nearly four times the rate of white cyclists. | | | | | |
| | How helmet laws are used against homeless people & people of color | | A look at Seattle shows 43% of citations go towards homeless people, while Black cyclists receive citations at nearly four times the rate of white cyclists. | | | | | | | |
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Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding | | | | | | | |
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | LA Times breaks down why housing people not cars should be our focus, and why we should support Assemblywoman's Laura Friedman's bill to prohibit cities from requiring parking in developments within a half mile of transit. | | | | | |
| | | | LA Times breaks down why housing people not cars should be our focus, and why we should support Assemblywoman's Laura Friedman's bill to prohibit cities from requiring parking in developments within a half mile of transit. | | | | | | | |
| | | | Send us your LA County bike-related updates and events, and we'll include them in the next newsletter (two weeks form now). Email info@la-bike.org | | | | | |
| | | | | | Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 17733, Long Beach, CA 90807
213.629.2142. | info@la-bike.org
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