From KCRW.com
Michael Schneider will bike just about anywhere. Now his cycling-advocacy organization Streets for All is working to extend the Ballona Creek Bike Path east.
Telling someone you’re a cyclist in LA is a little like saying all your clothes are made from animals you’ve hunted yourself: People are impressed, possibly annoyed at the unnecessary and performative difficulty, and slightly worried about your mental health. Civilization has moved beyond this, their eyes tell you as they back slowly away.
But there’s plenty of people who want to bring more cycling to the city, and recently I went on a ride with one of them, a guy named Michael Schneider, who runs a cycling advocacy group called Streets for All.
We rode the Ballona Creek Bike Path, a seven-mile non-car highway that connects Culver City to the beach. Schneider grew up in LA, has been riding the path since he was a kid, and wondered why it didn’t extend the full length of the creek. In fact, there was supposed to be a second phase after the current stretch was built in the 1970s. Never happened … but now it might. Last year Schneider got approval to finish the last two miles.