Our world is built up of roads and cars to get us to our destination! But what about cycling and even walking? Have we been brainwashed to think that the car is always king? Si goes on a deep dive into just how we are convinced to think that modern car culture is acceptable in our lives!
From TimesofSanDiego.com
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SANDAG on Saturday opened the long-awaited Pershing Bikeway through Balboa Park, with City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera, other lawmakers and bike enthusiasts in attendance.
The new 2.3-mile bikeway includes a two-way separated bikeway and a pedestrian path. The bikeway starts at Utah Street and Landis Street in North Park, continues through Balboa Park along Pershing Drive, and ends at C Street in downtown San Diego.
The bikeway has a set of road improvements, including a diagonal crossing at B Street and 19th Street. Another feature is a 75-foot bridge, allowing people to cross over Florida Canyon creek.
From TheEastsiderLA.com
Griffith Park: Those driving through Griffith Park should get ready for a major change: Vehicle lanes along a stretch of Crystal Springs Drive will be reduced from two to one in each direction as the city adds biking and pedestrian paths as well as a buffer separating those areas from traffic.
Construction is tentatively set to begin by the second week of August and should last about a month and a half, according to Stella Stahl, a spokesperson for City Councilmember Nithya Raman, whose District 4 includes the park.
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Ever wondered how the Tour de France is filmed? Alex goes into all the complexities that happen on the ground, in the air, and even to who pays and has the rights to broadcast the big bicycle race!
From CNTraveler.com
On a sunny afternoon this spring, I rode a bike from Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the sixth arrondissement to Châtelet in the first to meet a friend. The feeling of sliding along the Seine was incredible—wind against my skin, the fresh feeling that comes with breezing past a body of water—until I reached my destination, where I stumbled upon the usual scene: four cyclists struggling to return their rides to a completely full bike rental station. Another biker and I spent 15 minutes finding another station with free spots—and another 15 to walk back to the first station, near where we had to be. We complained, but simply had to laugh. How typical this had become, just another Sunday for the cyclists of Paris.
Short or big, rusty or brand-new, sometimes with a ringing bell that alerts and annoys, bicycles are inescapable in the capital. This epitome of Frenchness, often associated with rather stereotyped Parisian accessories—up there with the baguette, the béret, and the Marinière shirt (that striped pattern, you know the one)—has become indispensable in the City of Light. As the city has been increasing its investment to make Paris more bike-friendly, the use of bikes by Parisians (about 11% of commutes) surpassed the use of cars (about 4%) for the first time in 2023, according to the Institut Paris Région, a research center for urban development in the the Île-de-France region.
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From MyNewsLA.com
A nearly $10 million federal grant will help build a pedestrian and bicycle crossing over the Long Beach (710) Freeway, officials announced Friday.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis and other local officials at Humphreys Avenue Elementary School to celebrate the funding, which they say will “reconnect this section of East Los Angeles that was divided by the construction of I-710.”
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The French Alps are home to some of the most epic and challenging climbs in the world. Some of which are even included in the Tour de France! In a quest to find, arguably, the most beautiful climb on the planet, Hank and Manon head out to the Alps and find a gem of a climb – the Lacets de Montvernier!
From Forbes.com
Exercise can work up an appetite, so a group of cyclists who also love food are heading to Maine’s culinary superstar, the White Barn Inn, this September to ride, eat and luxuriate.
The White Barn Inn, an Auberge Resort, is one of New England’s most acclaimed luxury boutique resorts, a Forbes 4-Star property with a Forbes 5-Star restaurant. It has been famous for its hospitality and cuisine for 150 years, but the “Autumn Cycling Retreat on the Coast,” is a new kind of adventure for travelers.
From LA.Streetsblog.org
By Joe Linton
Construction has not quite wrapped up, but eastbound and westbound parking-protected bike lanes are now open along Hollywood Boulevard. These are the initial part of several interconnected complete streets upgrades for one of L.A. city’s most iconic and most transit-rich corridors.
The bike lane striping is in, though city crews are still adding finishing touches: green striping in conflict zones, repainting some parts of existing crosswalks, etc.
The bike lanes are a bit longer than what the city Transportation Department (LADOT) had announced for the first phase. The project limits announced had been 1.9 miles from Gower Street to Lyman Place; the east end was extended past Lyman to the six-points intersection (Virgil Avenue/Hillhurst Avenue/Sunset Boulevard/Sunset Drive), so there are now 2.1 miles of new bike lanes.
Below are photos of Hollywood Boulevard taken yesterday afternoon.
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Eurobike may be over, but the tech that was showcased was so vast that we could go on for days about it! Here, Alex explores some of the more known brands and their innovative tech they have to offer to the cycling industry!
