Bicyclists and Car Drivers: Cease Fire

Pondering a More Bike-Friendly (Without Being Car-Unfriendly) Los Angeles Future

It’s time for a truce in the battle between L.A.’s bicyclists and automobile drivers, said a panel of transportation thinkers at a Zócalo Public Square/Grand Park event. Instead, it’s time for L.A. to secure funding, build new infrastructure, and remake its culture to include more modes of transit.

Noting the panel’s title, “Will the Bicycle Kill the Car?”, panelist Geoff Wardle, director of advanced mobility research at Art Center College of Design, told a large early-evening audience at Grand Park (which included several people in bike wear), “We have to get …