May 2022

Metrolink invites bicyclists to ride free during ‘Bike to Work’ week

From TheAVTimes.com

Metrolink is celebrating National Bike Month with free fare for riders who board trains with their bicycles during Bike to Work Week, May 16-20, the agency announced.

“Metrolink’s bike-friendly passenger trains are perfect for a summer travel adventure as well as for those riders who use their bikes for part of their commute.” Metrolink Board Chair Ara Najarian said. “And during Bike to Work Week we invite everyone to bring their bike and take the train to work or anywhere they like, free for the entire week.”

The bike month festivities include a “Cycle SoCal” sweepstakes giveaway worth more than $2,500 – including a brand new Aventon e-bike, a Metrolink Monthly Pass, an overnight experience at a local luxury hotel, and dinner for two at a well-known restaurant. Metrolink partnered with e-bike company Aventon Bikes and LOCALE Magazine for the giveaway of a new e-bike that features a 40-mile average range with a foldable frame, pedals, and handlebars, made for easy transportation. To learn more about how to enter the contest, visit Metrolink’s Bike Monthwebpage.

Working with outdoor adventure company AllTrails, Metrolink will share a specially curated lineup of trails for cyclists within two miles of a Metrolink train station and add a collection of bike trail destinations on Metrolink’s EXPLORE webpage. Additionally, Metrolink’s amenities include dedicated bike cars that each hold nine bikes, bike storage lockers at 23 stations, and bike racks at 34 stations.

 

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Top 9 Unwritten Rules Of Cycling!

If you’re new to cycling, or even a seasoned veteran, there are some things in cycling which just aren’t done. Wearing underwear underneath your shorts, not greeting other cyclists, and don’t get us started on leg shaving! Conor and Hank take you through nine of their unwritten cycling rules!

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Caltrans Proposes Angeles Crest Safety Plan

From OutlookValleySun.com

ByMark Kellam
At a city Public Works and Traffic Commission meeting last week, several representatives from the California Department of Transportation presented proposed safety changes and measures to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which included possibly building a mini-roundabout at the intersection with Green Lane.
Several representatives from the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, gave a presentation about proposed safety and ADA changes along Angeles Crest, which included possibly building a mini-roundabout at the intersection with Green Lane.
It is a Caltrans project, but agency representatives wanted to get feedback from local officials and residents about it.
Public Works Director Patrick DeChellis said the proposal is “conceptual and preliminary” and, while the commission wasn’t going to vote on it, it will advance to City Council for further consideration.
“Nothing is in concrete,” said Tina Dalili, transportation engineer for Caltrans, District 7.
The overall 12-mile project along the 2 Freeway includes Los Angeles, Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge, with LFS’s portion being three miles. The proposal here would run from Foothill Boulevard to Gould Mesa, reducing the number of lanes in the southbound direction to one lane in some segments of the highway.
The focus of most of the meeting was a section from Vista Del Valle to Salisbury Court. It’s two lanes now, with plans to reduce it to one, a point that concerned some residents who live along that stretch who spoke at the meeting because it would be harder for them to exit their driveways, and one resident, who backs into her driveway to make it easier to exit, said one lane might prohibit her from doing that.

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The Bicycle Safety Stop Bill

From CALBike.org

LET’S MAKE THE BICYCLE SAFETY STOP LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA!

People who ride bikes should be able to treat stop signs as yields.
It’s safe. It’s smart. It’s common sense.

Bike Stop-as-Yield

Every day, thousands of bike riders across California slow as they approach stop signs. They look both ways. If there is traffic, they stop; if not, they roll safely through the intersection.

Right now, this is illegal under California law. The Bicycle Safety Stop Bill (AB 1713, Boerner Horvath) will make his commonsense bike rider behavior legal. A similar bill passed the California Assembly and Senate in 2021, only to be vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. We are hopeful that a revised version, which legalizes the Bicycle Safety Stop for bike riders aged 18 and up, will get the support to become law in 2022.

Data from Delaware shows that collisions involving bikes at intersections went down by 23% after the state adopted the bicycle safety stop.

You might know the stop-as-yield as the Idaho stop because Idaho was the first state to legalize it, way back in 1982. It’s time for California to make the Bicycle Safety Stop legal, too.

Image courtesy of CalBike.org

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Cheap Bike Pro Rider Vs Super Bike Amateur Rider!

We know that Ollie Bridgewood is not as good as the pros (despite what he might tell you about dropping a certain Alberto Contador). However, what about if he was racing against a pro on the very cheapest of bikes? We enlisted the help of professional cyclist Rory Townsend to find out!

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Circular Intersection Basics

From CyclingSavvy.org

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This article introduces the topic of circular intersections, also called traffic circles, rotaries, and roundabouts. There is a detailed description of them on Wikipedia.

I hail from Massachusetts, which is notorious for its circular intersections — called rotaries here. Most date back to the early decades of the 20th Century. A few are modern roundabouts, with entries and exits that deflect and slow motor traffic.

This article will cover the basics of riding a bicycle through a small rotary. We’ll deal with complications later.

Mastering a small circular intersection

You can think of a circular intersection as a one-way street wrapped around into a circle, with T intersections from the outside of the circle. At a T intersection, entering traffic yields to traffic on the top bar of the T. This rule is especially important in a circular intersection. If traffic in the circle had to yield, it would pile in but couldn’t keep moving: instant traffic jam!

Be glad that you are a bicyclist as you approach a circular intersection. Bicycle drivers have a much easier time than pedestrians with these intersections. The secret of success? Stay away from the outside edge. If you are at the edge, drivers entering the circle have to turn their heads sharply to see you. Exiting vehicles go nearly straight and do not have to slow down much. Keep far enough toward the inside to allow motorists to enter and exit to and from your right side. Because there are no entrances or exits at the inside, then no vehicles will cross your path. I have sometimes demonstrated this by riding two or more times around a rotary before exiting!

Photo by Enrapture Captivating Media on Unsplash

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626 Golden Streets returns to San Gabriel Valley with car-free streets on Sunday

From SpectrumNews1.com

By Susan Carpenter

It is daunting to ride a bicycle or skateboard in the city, but for one glorious day this weekend, fans of car-free transport will have the opportunity to enjoy the streets without the threat of vehicular traffic.

On Sunday, as part of the 626 Golden Streets festival, only bicyclists, skaters, pedestrians, skateboards, e-assist wheelchairs and other zero emissions ways of getting around will be allowed on some major thoroughfares in the San Gabriel Valley.

In South Pasadena, sections of Mission Street and Marengo Avenue will be closed to cars, along with sections of Alhambra Road, Olive, 5th and Main Streets in Alhambra and Main Street, Las Tunas Drive and Mission Drive in San Gabriel.

The road closures are part of Metro’s Open Streets program and will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 1.

Sunday’s event is modeled after CicLAvia but organized by ActiveSGV, a nonprofit working to make a more safe, equitable and sustainable San Gabriel Valley. It will be the third Golden Streets, which was forced into hiatus during the pandemic.

Organizers of the inaugural event in 2017 said 100,000 people rode bicycles, ran or walked Golden Streets, which wound its way through 18 miles of car-free streets in seven cities, from South Pasadena to Azusa.

 

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