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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rush hour traffic on Metro A Line right now leaving Downtown LA.

Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Caltrans would never do this, but we really need to think about decommissioning half or all of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and having ArroyoFest more than once every 20 years would be a good start

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think we are getting one soon. Asked about priorities, approval of Trump, and mayors race

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah a NBD can actually do a decent haul (I own one)-

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cart full of groceries to feed family (Most people aren’t buying more than a cart’s worth of groceries per visit). Cars idle and block sidewalk and bike lane waiting for parking spaces to open up.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Biking in hilly, east of downtown (no coastal breeze) parts of Los Angeles the biggest sweat deterrent has been switching to e-bike with basket. Beyond that I’m kinda out of ideas. I want to hear from someone who has affixed an umbrella to their bike as sun protection.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Biking the outreach material for a bike lane project to do outreach at a school bike event.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Trip chaining- first Target, then pet store, then the vegan donut shop, then home.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We have results! It happened! Let’s gooo!

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

People are eager to see the election results update. Make the slowest person in the office tabulate the new vote addition.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Super happy about the Metro D Line expansion in Los Angeles ! And if you are too, you know we can channel that energy into electing people like @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social so that we have a Metro Board that actually wants to prioritize rail! www.nithyaforthecity.com/transportation

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Love going for a walk in the neighborhood and seeing not one but TWO cargo bikes parked on our little Main Street. #bikeLA

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Cargo bikes: great for transporting and eating pizza

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

1. Lane trap is converting thru lane to turn lane, typically done to reduce # of thru lanes on the opposite side of intersection. This being a just rendering some of these details are hard to see. 2. See relevant MUTCD text 3. Agree, not sure why they went this route.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It was so magical to see the sudden ownership people felt of their streets and how people just walked in the middle of the street and families went biking together on streets otherwise riddled with car traffic. I’ll never forget it (and how quickly it disappeared)

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is posting before/after pics of some of the city’s street transformations and I am reminded we could have this in Los Angeles too. In fact we did for a few hours during ArroyoFest. If only there were political will to fully ban cars from the Arroyo Seco Parkway!

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It genuinely felt good to preorder order this book by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social I look forward to their live show at Dynasty Typewriter, which incidentally is right next to MacArthur Park where the city plans to pedestrianize two blocks of Wilshire Bl to expand the park

A receipt for the preorder of the book Life After Cars by Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The Dutch mindset can’t comprehend riding a cargo bike in a setting this hilly (and sunny).

A rider POV picture from an Urban Arrow cargo bike in the hills of Northeast LA with a view of a beautiful sunset in October.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

In planning class at Cal (circa 2011 or 2012 I think), we learned how contentious that development was and how the developer really tried to make the building fit in. The building has lots of detail and the back changes architectural style and matches height of adjacent home.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I love my e-bike, it is a necessity to avoid sweating on my commute or when riding the hills of my neighborhood with cargo. But when I get the chance to pick up lunch or dinner in my neighborhood I prefer to use my regular bike.

A green, 90s Specialized bike outfitted with upright handlebars and a front basket, parked outside a vegan deli in Los Angeles.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Is there good shade umbrella for biking? Some bikes have shade for passengers which is great but what about the rider? I would love to take refuge in shade from tall buildings or trees but LA has few of either and sometimes you are stopped at a red light just baking in the sun.

Shade structure for passengers on Tern GSD

Shutterstock picture of a motorcycle covered by a shade umbrella to protect rider from sun.

A stock image of am umbrella clamped to a bicycle handlebar

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Riding home from work and hit some minor bike traffic on the Arroyo Seco bike path.

Bike traffic on the bike highway known as the Arroyo Seco Bike Path on a sunny afternoon in Highland Park, CA

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Minor cargo bike haul from local Buy Nothing group.

An Urban Arrow cargo bike loaded up with kids’ furniture and parked on a residential street in Los Angeles on a sunny afternoon.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🚨 New bike lane alert 🚨 Still in progress but bike lanes are being installed on Avenue 64 in Highland Park/Garvanza

New bike lane installation in progress on Avenue 64 in Highland Park, Los Angeles.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Fun times at ciclamini today on Pico and seeing strong interest in making the street safer.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Dang, gotta update my bumper sticker to make an addition

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

It’s easy to write off Los Angeles as a car dominated wasteland, and in doing so forget about the River bike path & its river-oriented cafes/ restaurants, the transforming DTLA & its growing network of protected bike lanes and rail adjacent park space, Griffith Park & its car-free roads, and more.

View of DTLA from car-free road in Griffith Park, the largest municipal park in the US

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

With time it should get better to get around Los Angeles by bicycle. County voters passed Measure R and M to build out our rail network. City voters passed Measure HLA to build out bike lanes and bus lanes. Every time cicLAvia occurs, thousands of people come out to enjoy LA car-free. There’s hope!

Angelenos enjoying a car-free Wilshire Boulevard during a cicLAvia event.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

No this isn’t the car-free banks of the Seine River in Paris, this is Los Angeles when the Arroyo Seco Parkway was closed to traffic for a few hours

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

For about 2 to 3 months in 2020, we had streets in Los Angeles that became pedestrian priority streets. People walking and biking on these “Slow Streets” outnumbered car traffic and on my local “ Slow Street” I saw more people walking and biking in 2 months than I have seen in the years since.

People walking and biking on a Slow Street in Los Angeles

People biking around a delivery van on a Slow Street

Kids scooting in the roadway on a Slow Street

Pedestrians walking 3 abreast in roadway on a Slow Street during the height of COVID in the summer of 2020

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

For anyone wondering, a good e-cargo bike can manage the steep potholed streets of Northeast LA.

The author taking a selfie while biking up a steep street in Eagle Rock, CA.

A rider perspective going up a steep street in Eagle Rock/NELA.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My attempts to connect between Fletcher Dr and the Red Car Pedestrian Bridge in Atwater. I have yet to find the best bike route between the two points but zig-zag to avoid the surprising amount of car traffic on the local streets in this area.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Somehow when this book came out in 2019 I didn’t hear about it but I am excited to crack open this book and learn about Copenhagen’s journey on becoming bike friendly and applicable lessons locally.

Cover of the book Street Fights in Copenhagen: Bicycle and Car Politics in a Green Mobility City by Jason Henderson and Natalie Marie Gulsrud

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

On today’s Urban Arrow adventure I picked up some groceries followed by an easel from local Buy Nothing group. As I biked home, a kid riding his scooter on the sidewalk stopped in his tracks and said “wow” when I passed by.

A close up of an Urban Arrow, a doll of Monster from The Muppets is poking his head out from the rear pannier.

A rider’s perspective looking at an easel and groceries in the front bucket of an Urban Arrow cargo bike

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Unlike car traffic, I like it when I see people biking during my commute, stopped at a red light ahead of me.

A picture of a two way protected bike lane in DTLA with two bicyclists stopped at a red light in front of the author (also on a bicycle). The sun is setting and the weather is nice a brisk- just a typical nice early evening in Los Angeles.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It does all depend a bit on context. The Urban Arrow is heavy enough that the built-in rear wheel lock is enough for short trips or when the bike is visible. With my regular bike I will lock to an ADA parking space pole (without blocking access)

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

In the absence of safe, pleasant, and convenient bicycle parking (that is also accessible to cargo bikes) I am forced to take up a regular parking space with my Urban Arrow cargo bike.

An Urban Arrow e-cargo bike parked in a car parking space in a shopping center

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My favorite cafe puts a local twist on a London Fog by branding it as a “LA Smog”.

A carrier tray with two to-go cups in it resting on top of a stroller. One cup is labeled “LA Smog”. In the background is a street with light traffic and buildings visible on the other side of the street

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Be nice, have fun, ride a bike, support local businesses.

An urban arrow cargo bike parked outside a local business that has window art that reads “Be nice, have fun”

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

When I was thinking about grad school I was eyeing UCLAs Urban Planning program, in part because of Professor Donald Shoup and his parking course. I started doing the math and worried he would retire before I could even apply. I took his class and graduated right when he “retired”. He will be missed

The author standing with the late Professor Donald shoup at the Luskin class of 2016 graduation ceremony at UCLA.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Unlocked a new Urban Arrow achievement of transporting a bike in the front

Picture of a Tern NBD bike loaded into the front of an Urban Arrow cargo bike.

Picture of a Tern NBD bike loaded into the front of an Urban Arrow cargo bike. Bike is parked in front of a vegan food truck called Vegan Hooligans

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I got the same suggestions! And then got this… apparently my interest in bicycles made me a good target for CPAC ads

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Not the worst examples but see: “Defy urban planners”- a planner has little to do with designing a park path and most welcome desire lines! “Planners note commute times were shortened”. This is in relation to AASHTO giving a State DOT an award that planners likely had little to do with.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Funny, as a planner I only notice when planners get blamed for street design choices and standard developed by engineers. So much so that I once sent this meme to a friend. Grass is always greener I suppose.

Meme of superintend Chalmers from the TV show The Simpsons in the episode “22 short films about Springfield” in the popular Steamed Hams skit where Principal Skinner invites Chalmers over for an unforgettable luncheon but ends up telling a series of escalating and absurd lies to Chalmers.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

As a reminder in case people missed it the first time Also adding @biketalk.bsky.social @nobodydrivesinla.bsky.social as good Los Angeles-based outlets to discuss this anniversary

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

It’s common to get couple curious people ask about my bike on a given outing but got so many compliments while out today. I feel like I need double-sided business cards to pass out to people so that they can look up Propel Bikes and Urban Arrow. Anyone do something like this? @americanfietser.com

A picture of the Urban Arrow cargo bike parked in front of a mural on the side of a building in Los Angeles.

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This ucla student capstone saw that single lane streets that had center turn lanes removed had lower crash rates than streets that did not have them removed escholarship.org/content/qt93...

Diagram showing before/after conditions for streets that have center turn lanes removed to make space for bike lanes

Chart showing streets with center turn lanes removed have better safety outcomes that similar, untreated streets

Table showing findings of ucla capstone paper linked in post

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Cargo Bike NELA @vmsev.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The City of Los Angeles requires a public hearing before removing bike lanes and that is codified in the Mobility Plan. I suspect Manhattan Beach does not have similar requirements. They seemingly added a second traffic lane for only one or two blocks?

An excerpt from the City of Los Angeles Mobility Plan stating that public hearings are required before removing bike lanes

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