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Links for Transportation, Public Transit, Bicycling, etc. in Northeast LA
| Bike Metro |
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| ooking for a bike route to get you to work and back? Bike paths in your area? Tips on bike maintenance? Information on safe biking? Tricks to make your commute easier? You can find it at BikeMetro.com! |
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| Bus Bench . com |
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The Bus Bench’s roots are in Social Ecology.The Bus Bench takes a satirical and editorial approach to dealing with the issue of mobility in Los Angeles. The emphasis of The Bus Bench is public transportation, but we also discuss class, race, gender and Downtown Los Angeles.
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| C.I.C.L.E. - Cyclists Inciting Change Through Live Exchange website |
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| We are a Los Angeles based small group of grassroots activists seeking to promote the bicycle as a viable and sustainable mode of transportation. We believe in the possibility of clean air, calm and friendly streets, and a more closely connected community. We believe that by utilizing the bicycle to meet some or all of our transportation needs, we can begin to actualize this vision. We seek to unify and represent the incredible enthusiasm, diversity, and creativity of the burgeoning movement by becoming a hub for progressive bicycle news, culture and advocacy.Viva La Velorution!We need you!Cyclists, artists, media activists, writers unite! Document and contribute to the growing movement.Help create and sustain positive change through the active collaboration and participation with others in the progressive cycling community. Make your submissions now.Address any comments or requests for information to:C.I.C.L.E.4734 Eagle Rock Blvd. #1001Los Angeles, California 90041Phone: 323-478-0060E-mail: info(at)cicle.orgWeb: www.CICLE.org |
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| Exposition Light Rail Line |
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| The Exposition Light Rail line will run on the Exposition right of way between the 7th St. / Metro Center station in Downtown LA and Culver City. Due 2001 |
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| Flyaway Bus Service from Union Station to LAX! New & Wonderful |
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| On March 15, 2006, getting to Los Angeles International Airport will become so-o-o easy! No local transit stops, no subway shuffle. Check your bags to your airport terminal, and non stop service! That's the start of Los Angeles World Airport FlyAway Bus service between Union Station and Los Angeles International. Twenty four hour a day service (half hourly from 5:00 a.m. to 1 a.m., hourly from 1:00 a.m to 5:00 a.m.) and only $3 for adults and $2 for children. Get off Amtrak, Metrolink, or the Gold Line, go into the tunnel and turn away from Union Station. Arriving by Red Line, follow the signs to Patsaouras/Gateway Transit Plaza Plaza's Berth 9! |
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| L.A. Dept of Transportation (LADOT) Bicycle Homepage |
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| The purpose of the LADOT Bicycle Homepage is to provide bicycle information to the constituents of the City of Los Angeles. With a primary emphasis on the use of bicycles for commuting and utilitarian purposes, the page will provide information on bicycle facilities, the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee, bikeway maintenance as well as safety information, bicycling and the law and other sources of information on bicycling as a commuting option. |
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| LA Bicycle Coalition |
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| The Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition Website -- Join and obtain info on organized rides, discounts on bikes and accessories, activism for bicycling in LA |
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| LA Department of Transportation Transit Services Website |
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| The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to LACMTA. LADOT's transit fleet consists of nearly 400 vehicles which operate over 800,000 revenue hours and serve approximately 20 million passenger boardings per year. |
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| Making the Connections - Livable Places |
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To create the convenience of walking and biking it's important to have connections to transit and the places we go. Making the Connections is about creating the needed bicycle and pedestrian connections for two neighborhoods surrounding the Chinatown and Lincoln/Cypress Metro Gold Line Stations.
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| Metropolitan Transportation Authority website and TRIP PLANNER! |
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RIDE METRO! Use this site for the Trip Planner.
The Gold Line / Red Line / Blue Line / Green Line will take you to LAX really easy!
The local DASH bus can get you to the Gold Line Station and move you around Highland Park (That's LA City DOT, not metro, but it's a great resource, too.)
One of the greatest things about living in Highland Park is our new light rail, the Gold Line. (Warning: the Trip planner is not so intuitive and it doesn't "think" logically always -- especially it won't suggest the Gold Line, and occasionally burps up bizarre bus routes, so use w/ caution!) |
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| North East LA Bike Oven |
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North East Los Angeles is a part of L.A. that, for most newcomers to the city, simply does not register. We're not the beach, we're not Hollywood, we're not a bland suburbia - NELA doesn't fit many of the easy stereotypes L.A. has earned over the years. So, how's this sound for a quick branding of this part of town - NELA is quickly being branded a bonafide bicycling hub in Los Angeles!
Wha? Why?
Though NELA's status as bicycling hub didn't start with the Bike Oven,
this collectively run, all-volunteer, bicycle repair shop has helped
this area gain a high profile as a place to go if you want to ride a
bike (and hang out with others who do the same).
What is the Bike Oven? A hive a communists? Anarchists? Atheists?!
Worse still - hippies?
The Bike Oven got started in a small one-car garage, adjacent the Gold
Line, on Avenue 42 in Highland Park. Josef Bray-Ali, founder of the
Bike Oven, backed his car out of his garage in November of 2005, laid
out some basic tools, cheap wine, and good pan dulce - and offered a
free bike repair space once a week to anyone looking to work on their
bike (or just imbibe some wine and eat some cookies).
He didn't know much about bike repair, but hey, it was only one night
a week - and the wine and cookies were free! A retired master mechanic
from the hills of Montecito Heights became a regular (as did many
others) - and saw that the "shop" was constantly improved.
From these humble beginnings, a collective that helps hundreds of
clients each month to fix their bikes, and fill their social
calendars, has opened its doors near the intersection of Avenue 37 and
Figueroa just a few blocks away from the small garage the Bike Oven
started in.
The Bike Oven's main focus is the teaching of bicycle repair. A full
compliment (and then some) of tools and recycled bicycle parts is
packed tightly into the store-front the Bike Oven occupies at 3706 N.
Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065. Bicycles hang from the rafters
and the air is filled with the faint tinge of pizza crust, mineral
spirits, chain lube, and the ubiquitous non-toxic degreaser, Simple
Green.
Bray-Ali has taken a back seat as a new crew of bike mechanics,
artists, photographers, engineers, musicians, out-of-work neighbors
and anyone interested in bike repair and socializing has stepped up to
run the full-service shop and part-time bicycle community center that
the Bike Oven has become.
The Bike Oven is open 6 days a week, and pays the rent mainly by
accepting small cash donations for the time people spend using the
shop's facilities:
Monday and Wednesday are "Volunteer Nights" when the shop is closed to
the public and prospective volunteer mechanics are trained and general
housekeeping takes place.
Tuesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. & Saturday and Sunday from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. the Bike Oven is open to the general public for bike
repairs and bargain basement recycled bicycle parts (stripped off of
rusted clunkers and midnight junkers for the most part).
The Bike Oven also hosts a monthly movie night, and participates in
NELA Art's 2nd Saturday by hosting the Spoke(n) Art Ride with its own,
monthly, art show and after party. Every once in a while, the shop is
kept open a few extra hours and everyone puts away the tools and
parties like the "old days" in Josef's garage (i.e. more wine, less
bike repair).
The Bike Oven received special recognition from Councilman Ed Reyes'
office in 2008 for its contributions to improving the environment in
L.A. by encouraging more people to bicycle for transportation. The
Oven has also been featured in numerous short films, blogs posts,
'zines, a couple of college thesis papers and projects, and even a few
print journalism articles!
If you're looking to turn that old rusted clunker in your garage into
a functioning ride again, or if you simply want to share some time
with people who are enthusiastic about bicycling, come on down to the
Bike Oven in the evening and see what they are all about!
The Bike Oven is located at 3706 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065
(323) 220-8020
http://bikeoven. com
info@bikeoven. com
Hours:
M & W: Volunteer Nights, Closed to Public
Tues. & Thurs: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Sat & Sun: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Additional reading:
http://www.bicyclef ixation.com/ bikeoven. html
http://www.lacitybe at.com/cms/ story/detail/ peloton_panic/ 6160/
http://ubrayj02. blogspot. com/2008/ 04/bike-oven- image-motherload .html
http://departments. oxy.edu/uepi/ uep/studentwork/ 08comps/FickComp s.pdf
by: Josef Bray-Ali
From Mt. Washington Assoc. March newsletter
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| Pasadena Walks |
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| A pedestrian advocacy group dedicated to maintaining and improving Pasadena, CA as a We have a three part mission - governmental advocacy, education, and promotion of events designed to demonstrate the value of leaving the car at home from time to time. |
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| Rail-Volution - a Regular Forum that promotes collaboration and building of livable communities with |
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| MissionTo provide a forum that engages the public to build collaboratively a diverse coalition dedicated to building livable communities with transit, through education, advocacy and increasing overall federal, state and local funds available for transit.Goals:Promote an effective and diverse partnership among rail and other transit agencies and groups, federal, state, regional and local governments and elected officials, citizen groups, and business interests, including developers, financial institutions, architects and planners, and philanthropic organizations with an interest in building livable communities with transit.Demonstrate Rail~Volution's point of view and continuously strive to move this point of view into the mainstream of transportation and land use planning.Increase the visibility of livable community building efforts on local, regional, national, and international levels, particularly with philanthropic and business organizations just beginning to view building livable communities with interest.Enable jurisdictions to build and sustain livable and equitable communities by providing objective information on the importance of and relationship among land use and transportation planning, economic development, and good general project and transit station design.Help communities recognize the value of building and sustaining diverse coalitions to address quality of life issues.Objectives:Conduct an annual highly successful Rail~Volution Conference.Annually increase the amount of federal, state, local and philanthropic funds directed at rail and other transit alternatives.Annually identify target markets and implement marketing strategies to increase and diversify conference attendance by identified target markets.Through attendance at Rail~Volution Conferences and exposure at the Conference to projects with tangible components and concrete outcomes, increase the number of national, state and local elected officials who campaign using the livable communities agenda as part of their platform. |
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| Re-Connecting America |
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| Reconnecting America is a new national organization formed to link transportation networks and the communities they serve. It grows out of the work of the Great American Station Foundation, which was formed in 1995 to assist communities with the revitalization of historic rail stations as a way to both improve transportation services and bring life back to downtowns. We found these station projects have tremendous power to link transportation to community revitalization, and are often the first step toward building transit-oriented towns. Bringing different transportation providers together unlocks vital synergies in the transportation system, increasing customer choice and building stronger local economies. Making these connections – between transportation and development and between the different transportation modes — is challenging, but absolutely essential to resolving the apparent tension between effective transportation and vital communities. In order to help communities make these connections the Great American Station Foundation’s Board of Directors asked us to revise our mission and our organization and to broaden our scope of work.Reconnecting America will work toward removing the barriers that prevent our different transportation modes – planes, trains, autos and buses, as well as walking and bicycling – from functioning as one convenient interconnected network. We will also focus on reinventing the planning and delivery system for building regions and communities around transit and walking rather than solely around the automobile. |
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| The Surface Transportation Policy Project |
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| The Surface Transportation Policy Project is a diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. STPP has offices in Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.STPP's California field offices provide assistance to local transportation agencies, elected officials and citizen groups in order to help stakeholders take advantage of the new opportunities available under the federal transportation bill to link transportation to land use, housing, social equity, livable communities and smart growth. STPP California is helping to build regional and statewide coalitions, conduct research and analysis, and identify funding sources for innovative transportation projects and programs throughout the state. |
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