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Active LA Seniors

Bike around Town - or Bike & Bus

It's easier than you may think to combine biking and the bus or metro to work. Get your exercise AND avoid the parking, traffic and stress of driving. Ride part of the way - then hop on the bus.

Did you know:

Almost all MTA buses in L.A. County have easy-to-use bike racks.
Los Angeles currently has 251 miles of off-street, exclusive bike paths, and Metro has the goal to increase it to 500 miles. See bike/bus map.
Metro has placed 285 bike lockers and 400 racks capable of holding a total of 800 bicycles at Metro Rail and Metrolink stations.
There's a bike lane along Venice Blvd. all the way from Venice & Figueroa downtown to the beach!
There are 481 miles of designated on-street bike lanes, which Metro’s strategic bike plan envisions tripling and 520 miles of bike routes marked by signage.
See write ups on great routes from Glendale to West Hollywood, UCLA and Pasadena, as well as photos of the Santa Monica Bike trail.

Download a bike/bus map (pdf file) and try a bike (with bus) commute a few days every week. Visit CommuteSmart to find a bicycle friendly route to your destination, anywhere in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernadino Counties.

Other Resources for Cyclists:
City of LA Dept. of Transportation Bicycle website -
Metro Bikeway Planning - good resources for cyclists (like locker locations)
Metro Trip Planner - it's easy; type in your start and finish locations.

Additional Information:
Rail System Service Information
Advanced Trip Planner
Metro Timetables (PDF format)
-Adventure Cycling Assoc.
-Call for Projects
-Bikestation
-California Bicycle Coalition