The Tenth Anniversary River Ride was our largest ride to date! We had well over 2,000 participants. We made a promise that this would be the best River Ride ever and it more than lived up to that promise.

With the addition of many new wonderful sponsors and the returning support of our longtime supporters, LACBC was able to reach out to many more families. More than triple the numbers of young riders joined us this year. This year the pit stops were terrific with lots of snacks to choose from. After the ride, participants enjoyed great live music from returning band Stone Cold Blues and new musical acts, The Manic Theatricals and the fantastic, LA River Swim Team. The food was excellent, the beer flowed and the Great Chiweenie frolicked!

We were also very proud to have special 10th Anniversary jerseys for sale (limited supply still available) and every rider received a free T-shirt.

Most of all thank you to all the volunteers who dedicated a lot of time and energy to help make this the best River Ride ever. We couldn't have done it without them. If you missed it, you missed out! Be sure to join us for next year's River Ride as it is always our goal to make the ride better than the one before. It will be a tall order trying to top this year's!

View some pictures from the ride on our River Ride page and on Flickr.

On Friday June 11th we watched the installation of the City of Los Angeles' first Sharrows, painted on Fountain Ave. in East Hollywood where City Council President and sharrows champion Eric Garcetti's 13th district is located. For LACBC this marks a very important victory and we're hoping today will be turning point for Los Angeles.

We would like to thank Council President Eric Garcetti for his leadership and help pushing through the effort to see sharrows on Los Angeles' streets. We would also like to thank Mayor Villaraigosa for his support and help in solidifying funding from SCAG, ensuring that this project could actually happen. Thank you to the David Bohnett Foundation for funding LACBC's portion of the tasks and to LADOT for finally getting paint on the ground.

There are 5 more locations where DOT will be painting sharrows in the coming weeks, so look forward to more sharrows news. LACBC will be finalizing the sharrows pilot project through the summer and early fall, and will continue to work to identify streets that can benefit from sharrows as they become a standard part of the toolbox used to make this city a better place to bike.

Read more on the LACBC Blog.

About 2 weeks ago, LACBC hosted the first of many Regional Bike Group meetings in order to bring together various regional groups associated with LACBC to share ideas, resources, and understand how each group can help each other grow the bicycle community.

For more details visit the LACBC Blog.

Report those accidents, hazardous road conditions and thefts that you encounter along your daily travels in the Los Angeles area. This site offers an easy and effective way to report accidents, hazardous road conditions and thefts in the Los Angeles area. This information is crucial to bicycle advocacy. We can use this data to push for more bicycle infrastructure to make streets safer for cyclists, to account for more unreported accidents and to advise street services to repair dangerous road conditions, such as potholes. Tracking high theft areas will enable us to alert you of the hot spots to hopefully reduce thefts from occurring.

2009 was a great year for bicyclists. We are excited about 2010 and are looking forward to a year full of exciting campaigns, advocacy, and education efforts.

Here is a sampling of some of our goals for this year:

• Launch Separated Bike Lane pilot on Huntington Blvd in Boyle Heights
• Work to get a bike lane installed on 7th Street
• Continue building relationship with LAPD by establishing an enforcement education workshop with LAPD
• Increase bike parking city-wide starting with 30-40 locations in LA
• Get Sharrows Pilot launched and on LA City streets
• Get a Better Bike Plan approved that includes timelines and substantially more designated bike lanes
• 4th Street Bicycle Blvd - Gain neighborhood buy-in to develop political support and have the city adopt a commitment to implement
• Create more opportunities for partnership with business community, environmental groups, and social justice groups
• Expand our reach to more cities across LA County, in addition to Glendale, Culver City, Long Beach and South Bay cities
• Create a bike repair space at Downtown Job Center and develop a Bike Repair Job Certificate program with the Bicycle Kitchen
• Improve policy for bikes on Metro transit
• Finalize the Resource Guide both in Spanish and English
• Ensure that 10th Annual River Ride is LACBC's best ride ever

Read more about our Current Campaigns & Projects...

Got any of the below items that you're not using? Donate them to LACBC! It's tax-deductible and helps us better serve you!
 
EXTRA-CYCLE - An extra-cycle so we can travel to and from events more efficiently by bike.
UTILITY SHELVING
LCD PROJECTOR - LACBC needs a projector for presentations and our Road 1 course. If you have a projector you're not using or have access to a good deal, consider making an in-kind donation to LACBC. It's tax-deductible and helps us educate more people about safe cycling!
STICKER AND PAPER PRINTING - LACBC has various printing needs coming up, including stickers, brochures, educational materials and event invitations. If you have access to a printing facility, consider making an in-kind donation to LACBC. It's tax-deductible and helps us get our message out to cyclists and the public!

Please contact jennifer@la-bike.org to make a donation.