Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
From the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=artslot

The author seems to think that LA is not a bad place to ride, despite it's car culture.
Yea, I was just discussing this with some friends on facebook. There are certain pockets in LA that are dreamlands for biking. West LA (particularly Santa Monica and Venice) for example. I absolutely love biking here -- the beach boardwalk with the bike lanes go all the way from (Malibu I think) to (wow, at least past Redondo). I've only done 25 miles worth and I'm sure I missed more.

A friend of mine who lives more east loves Hollywood and Silverlake areas for her bike commuting -- she doesn't even own a car!

There are also lots of bike community events.

LA isn't bad for biking... just would be ideal if more people would bike commute to work. Unlike super bike-friendly places like Portland, I don't think there's enough done to accommodate non-car commuters, such as installing showers in office buildings (many of my LA friends gave me this as a reason why they drive instead of bike, even though they live < 5 miles away).

The buses take bikes no problem. Now, if we only had more trains.