Krista Carlson
Krista Carlson is a Los Angeles cyclist and contributing editor at Urban Velo. She came into cycling for practical reasons but fell in love with bikes because of their power to connect people to places and one another. She wrenches at Bike Oven, where she serves on the board, and is a founding member of the
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A variety of events are happening this week for Bike Week, but there are resources year-round to make every week suitable for biking.
Led by the Feminist Library on Wheels and hosts of Bike Talk, Open Books rides are free public group rides that explore the city and its literary outposts.
With the city election just around the corner on March 3, bicycle issues are coming into play more than ever before.
Comprehensive bike plans from five cities in the region will complement one another to form a regional network that is interconnected throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
Glendale may not be a part of L.A. city proper, but it is the third largest city in the county with a population approaching 200,000, and is also a vital business and commerce hub.
CicLAvia is the type of movement that is altering the collective ideology by challenging car culture in L.A., and introducing the sort of lifestyle shifts that come with using your body to move through the city.
After nearly a century of service as one of L.A.'s vital connections for communities separated by the L.A. River, the Hyperion Bridge is in need of a facelift, but figuring out how to serve everyone's needs is often challenging.
Bicycles played a big part in her decision to return to Los Angeles after having moved to San Diego.
Bike lanes are contentious, and they're making people angry, fearful, and frustrated. While robust redesign is taking place in some parts of the city, some communities are being left in the past, such as the northern segment of Figueroa that runs throu...
Downtown will be alive with electric energy this Saturday, as nine blocks of its historic core are transformed into a criterium race course, where bicyclists from Los Angeles and abroad will converge for the second annual race.
Traveling through Los Angeles on a bike you are bound to hit infrastructure dead zones, where bikeways stop suddenly in the least ideal places where cars assert dominance on the road.
One of the biggest obstacles to getting on a bike is often having a working bike. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources in Los Angeles to make that happen.