USA Today has a very poorly written, short-sighted, one-sided article regarding Long Beach’s Green Lanes in Belmont Shore. You should write a letter.
Some of the highlights:
“Even though cars were whizzing by at 30 miles an hour yesterday, bikes were free to ride right in their path.”
“To put them out in traffic is just stupid.”
Be sure to check out Russ Roca’s video of riding the Green Lanes, where it takes him 7 minutes to go about 1/2 mile. Are bikes slowing cars down, or are the cars slowing the bikes down? You decide.
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USA Today: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2009/10/620000725/1
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/russroca#p/u/26/ecaEo4pJeqE
ddougherty, October 30th 2009 |
Tags: bike lane, safety, sharrow, traffic
Posted in advocacy
First off, this ride is a bad idea. You probably shouldn’t go on it. It will be the middle of the night, and you have to work the next day. There are no buses or trains to save you, and only 7-11s and donut shops to feed on. With that being said…
November 2nd, meeting at Eleven-Forty Five is Long Beach Cyclists first (and maybe last) Full Moon Ride. This ride will take us up the San Gabriel River, along the Rio Hondo until it meets up with the LA River, and finally back home on Long Beach’s own Beach Path.
It’s 50-miles, under a full moon, in November. It will be cold, could be rainy, and there are coyotes. If you’re going to ignore my advice and come along on the ride, we recommend having a well-working bicycle. One that doesn’t creak and ache. One that you know how to fix, or one that won’t break. You are responsible for yourself (hey, just like in real life!)
Lights are a must. No lights, no ride. We’ll send you home.
Helmets are strongly encouraged.
November 2nd @ 11:45PM
Meet at Belmont Pier
Ride leaves at Midnight
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ddougherty, October 23rd 2009 |
Tags: event, fun, helmet, lights, night, ride, Rio Hondo, river, San Gabriel
Posted in Past News, event, ride
I bet it wasn’t this!
Check out this Treehugger article on bike cargo ideas…
bmckeever, October 22nd 2009 |
Tags: bike move, cargo, rack
Posted in Bicycle equipment/gear
Poltergeist and a bike ride anyone? Oh, did I mention FREE POPCORN! Â (byo bag)
bmckeever, October 17th 2009 |
Tags: Poltergeist, ride
Posted in event, ride
Over the weekend Long Beach Cyclists gathered for a day of Bike Tours in and out of the Harbor and hosted Bike Valet!
Green Port Festival is a giant outdoor event that attracts about 10,000 people! The purpose is an all free open house of the Port. This year they invited us to go green with them and involve bikes. What better way to be green!
Two months prior to GPF we worked closely with the port team brainstorming, organizing and implementing the bike plan. Led by Matt Goldman and Ryan Gregnano (POLB’s Bike Guys) we pulled it off! We transited over 100 people to the GPF via six tours through out the day from The Promenade at Ocean and First St. over the Queensway bridge and into the Port where we than parked bikes in the Bike Valet area of Harbor Way (a total of 160 bikes were parked!)
While in the port, we led bike tours out to pier “J” via the route along the water’s edge and around the Queen Mary. Great views and warm weather greeted us while we toured the proposed Inner Harbor Bike Trail that could be implemented soon with the help of the POLB commissioners and City of Long Beach’s Transportation Department. If you feel inclined (and we hope you do) write some letters to these VIP’s encouraging them to get the ball rollin’! The route would complement well the already scenic and most always empty bike path that exists there, taking the cyclists around the Spruce Goose dome and all the way out to Pier ‘J’.
This was an incredible success for LB Cyclists! Thank you to all my lovely hardworking volunteers: Shawn, Josh, Stacie, Travis, Nate, Jenny, Michael, Donald, Tom and Cindy.
bmckeever, October 5th 2009 |
Tags: annual event, bike tours, bike valet, Port of Long Beach
Posted in Featured, event
