Appreciation: Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy rethought urban housing and changed Los Angeles for the better
The @peopleforbikes.bsky.social 2026 City Ratings are out. We spoke to PfB's Martina and Grace to understand how they measure bike infrastructure and which cities are on the way up. You may be surprised by some of the cities that are at the top/bottom of the list. youtu.be/jjvICnTs9Lg?...
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9
Peter Abraham
Los Angeles Times
@awalkerinla.bsky.social with the boots-on-the-ground reporting for FIFA World Cup in Los Angeles.
It @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social gets elected, she’d be the most bike friendly mayor in the history of Los Angeles. Exciting.
I love this kind of article in @nytimes.com. Even better because it mentions my friends @peopleforbikes.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/t...
"I'm as proud of the kids who don't go on to be professional cyclists as those who do, because of the tools we give them." On this week's Speaking Of Bikes Podcast, we sat down with Roy Knickman, Olympic medalist and maybe the world's greatest youth cycling mentor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWE-...
My blog post about the podcast episode we recorded with Roy Knickman, and my history with him going back to high school: medium.com/@peterabraha...
FIFA is betting that a successful World Cup can coexist with corruption, profiteering and a connection to Trump. I'm not so sure. www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...
I'm doing a lot of work in bike infrastructure lately, and trying to make LA a safer place to ride around the LA28 Olympics. I wrote about what's going on here: medium.com/@peterabraha...
Architect Lorcan O’Herlihy died Sunday at the age of 66. The LOHA founder changed L.A. for the better — rethinking, among other things, dense urban housing and its relationship to the city.
Hundreds of tickets are still available for the U.S. and Canada opening matches for the World Cup on Friday. Even more are available in resale platforms — many at below face value.
Here at the NoHo B line station this morning to check on how World Cup service is impacting commuters. Pretty quiet at the moment as we’re a few hours out from the start of the shuttle service but signage (and lots of shade) is up
Alissa Walker
A really important update for commuters who park at Metro stations — on match days it will be $10 at certain stations and some stations won't have any commuter parking available at all. And parking at Union Station will be $65 on match days *and* fan zone days.
I've added this all to my guide!
Alissa Walker
LA, our megaevent age is upon us. And it all starts with this 39-day test run.
This is not a guide for attending World Cup matches. This is not even a guide for watching World Cup matches. (Remember the Torched promise: no sports!)
This is a guide for finding and sharing the best of our city
A mission statement, a calendar of events, and an invitation to help shine a light on LA's public spaces, public transit, and public benefits
