Ride Reseda Monday, then Roll Donuts!
Reseda Blvd. is the arguably the spine of the West Valley, for sure in the north-south direction. It is one of those rare roads that stretches both into the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains. […]
Mount Gleason Standing Alone in the Angeles National Forest
Clear Creek to Mount Gleason: 23.78 miles, 4890 feet elevation. The Angeles National Forest is a vast wilderness that even CiclaValley hasn’t completely triumphed yet. Amazingly set right up against one of the biggest […]
NACTO: Profiles of Vision Zero-sionness
NACTO’s Designing Cities Conference came and went and at no point thereafter will I be able to sum it up properly. Even spending all four days attending walkshops, panels, plenaries and happy hours (plural), there […]
NACTO: LA on Display
CiclaValley has a ton of opinions about the state of Los Angeles’ infrastructure, but come this week, I’ll have more of an idea where we stand nationally. The National Association of City Transportation Officials will […]
VIDEO Bike vs Car: Westside to the Valley
For years I knew that cycling from the Westside to the Valley was faster than being in a car, but now I finally had the opportunity to prove it. Working out of Westwood for a […]
Ryu’s One Size Fits Rowena Traffic Solution
Rowena : the street with proven safety improvements seen as inconsequential by leadership. LA City Councilmember David Ryu is obviously a hard worker because making the headlines as one of the worst elected official for […]
CiclaValley places a Ghost Bike in Winnetka that shouldn’t have happened
It had been awhile since I placed my last ghost bike in the Valley, but that doesn’t necessarily mean much. Deaths continue to accumulate in Los Angeles and the southland. Knowing our infrastructure, I knew […]
VIDEO: Which Highway 23 Descent is Dizzier?
Highway 23 within the Santa Monica Mountains is not what you think of in terms of a typical highway. We tend to think of them as high speed accessways for cars, but this road doesn’t […]
Speak Up: Proposed NoHo Street Widening Goes Against Vision Zero
We’re deep enough into the 21st Century that the cure to our modern day problems shouldn’t use 20th century thinking. Magnolia Ave. in North Hollywood is one of the Valley’s most underrated gems with a […]
New Paving on Griffith Park’s Vista del Valle
A ride up to the view at Griffith Park’s helipad is normally a special treat, but today my trip got extra credit. The access roads around the park provide cyclists a great getaway from vehicular […]