Bike Co-ops Thrive in LA
Bike Co-ops Offer DIY MobilityLA may be a car-dependent city, but even there folks are beginning to plan for a post-oil future. From an emerging Transition City Los Angeles through to a thriving LA bike culture, maybe the City of Angels won’t completely fall apart once the black gold stops flowing. Our friends at StreetFilms certainly seem to be impressed with the city’s plethora of bike co-ops, where folks can volunteer their time in return for bike parts, access to tools and expert advice. Check out the video above for an inspirational tour of LA’s Bicycle Kitchen, as well as its various spin offs, and click below the fold for more videos about liveable streets, smart planning and human-centric mobility. More on Liveable Streets from StreetFilmsBoulder, Colorado Achieves Platinum Bike StatusWikis Take ManhattanStreetFilm’s Visits Boulder’s Contraflow Bike-LaneFree Bikes for Governors IslandStreetFilms Covers Best of Bike to Work DayRaised Cross-walksTraffic-calming ChicanesBike Advocate Keeps Memory of Her Husband AliveClarence the Cycling SasquatchBogota Shows How to Reinvent CitiesBogota RevisitedStreetFilms Looks at Bus Rapid Transit in LAMelbourne: A Pedestrian’s ParadiseIstanbul Learns from BogotaClarence: The Purple Traffic-Calming WizardPhysically Separated Bike LanesNYC’s First Documented Bike Move?StreetFilms Grades New Yorkers’ Bike Locking AbilitiesLady Liberty Dumps the Car and Marries Mass TransitStreetFilms Animation Explores Diverters as Traffic Calming Measure
