Originally posted by Koffee Brown
Getting from point A to point B in Los Angeles is a nightmare. The urban sprawl is terrible, public transportation is substandard, and the traffic for cars is horrifying to drive through.
Trying so hard not to engage in LA-bashing (Go Kings!), but in my limited experience down there, Koffee is dead-on correct. My wife was a visiting prof. at USC last year and I spent a couple of weeks down there in the fall. Driving from Hollywood to SC could take as little as 20 minutes or as much as 1 hour and 20 minutes. And the Hollywood Fwy could be jammed at any time of the day.
I took my bike and had the idea that I'd ride out to the ocean. According to the official City of LA bike map that I had, Venice and Blvd is designated as a bike route. Yeah, right. Super dangerous roads for a cyclist.
Except for some trails and maybe PCH, it's not a place to ride a bike, IMO.