PROFILE
FROM Robert Gard
Will Los Angeles Ever Fall in Love with the Bicycle? CicLAvia has become a recurring feature of life in LA with the latest scheduled for this coming Sunday. We hear about the 123 miles of new bikeways Los Angeles is "installing," and the Department of Transportation's plans for another 200 miles a year for the next five years. Are they making Los Angeles more "bike friendly?" We hear what to expect about Sunday and from a metropolis that's committed to making the bicycle part of everyday life. (Roger Rudick put his Rotterdam story together as part of KCRW's Indpendent Producer Project .)
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