Well, I do like the ‘urban cowboy’ thing People should tell the mayor’s office they need to encourage that all the time and build the infrastructure to help it grow. It does reinforce the idea of doing it though even if it’s in a time of abnormal congestion.

I wouldn’t say biking to a entertainment event or even because of a natural disaster has much support here; L.A. certainly isn’t a D.C. etc. I do see a year round, wide demographic of riders in my particular area though. I also have reasonably safe routes from my home for daily things in my area, a few good bike paths with a long one on the beach and there are mountains close enough to give a good hard day of riding. That and the occasional drive to a weekend ride in an interesting area is all I need. The year round part is also one of the reasons I moved here.

Maybe in an area as large, populous and car dependent (for too many, too long) as here it can be a neighborhood’s good attitude about and use of bikes that sometimes can help others see the advantages.
But then it is L.A. and that just may be my imagination/wishing or my not having time to do advocacy