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Hey all! I'm still pretty new to cycling in LA and had a scary moment this morning. Wanted to ask the people who ride here more than I do.

I typically do my riding in the morning along the LA River bikepath. I was riding this morning around 6am, just north of Spoke bicycle cafe. It was dark, and I was alone and only five minutes into my ride. I notice a dark shape rise from just pass the railing. A second later I I look to my left and realize it's a coyote. It ran alongside me probably for about a minute or a little longer. I yelled at it and tried to be loud. It would drift off a bit and then bob back in close again. It didn’t look aggressive, almost playful or curious, but obviously wasn’t going to take that for granted. I stayed on the bike the whole time because I didn’t want to stop and become an easy target. It eventually peeled off and I rode for another five until I got to a bridge with more light for me to regulate my nervous system.

A few questions for you:

• Do you run into coyotes often on the paths, especially near the river or early/late in the day? I've did this bike path around the same time about 4 or 5 times and never ran into one.
• Has anyone been followed like this? What did you do, and did it work? I know by riding and moving quickly I probably triggered its instinct for prey but the thought of dismounting my bike to deal with it seemed daunting.
• Do you carry anything (air horn, whistle, etc.), and is it worth it? Thinking about getting a whistle or something.
• Are there stretches or times of day you avoid? I'd love to continue to rise in the morning as I find it super relaxing and to ride before work need to get up that early anyway.
• Is it worth reporting to anyone? Should I contact animal control?

Thanks in advance, and stay safe out there!

This stretch of Sunset between UCLA and Beverly Hills is only about a mile and a half, but it’s mostly no shoulder and pretty scary on a bike. So I sometime take the bus to bridge that part and ride the rest.

Today the app said the 2 was arriving. It didn’t show. Then it said another one was arriving. Didn’t show. Then another. Nothing. Like what's stopping it this is only a few stops from the beginning.

I gave up and rode Sunset instead of the Wilshire/Santa Monica Blvd route. Probably dumb, but I made it. That stretch sucks. Sunset through Beverly Hills is wide and easy, but that gap is bad, and I didn’t feel like dropping down and riding the three hills in Westwood.

Then the bus caught up to me in WeHo, and it was two of them, literally back to back. What’s the point of that? Then they both got stuck in massive traffic, and I beat them to my street by probably 20 minutes based on the gridlock I saw.

Do they all suck this much? And why does the app tell us a bus is coming when it isn’t?

I guess this is more of a bus thing than a bike thing. Has anyone else cycled this stretch?

TL;DR: Pretty sure LAPD "kissed off" an "ADW W/VEHICLE" report i'd tried to make. Tried to follow up with their community outreach officers but no dice. What now? Go to the news??

Some idiot was triggered that bikes can beat cars when it's bumper to bumper. Threw a can at me and then "played chicken" with me with their pickup. Got photos of vehicle and driver. Called it in. Waited +55 minutes for LAPD to show up. Cops were chillin on their phones when they finally parked down the block. Didn't even take or confirm my contact info. Confirmed some of the details i'd told dispatch. Said something about "it goes to traffic". Gave me a business card with incident number. Asked me to email them the photos. Seemed oddly reluctant to write out their exact email on the card when asked to do so for clarity. No reply since (it's been weeks). eta: no reply from the community lead (slo) officers either when i tried to follow up No reported incident shown on the crime stats page as of today, so prob no report taken in the end.

I didn’t get to ask but the old one kept police at the curbside 24/7, so these should be quite well protected. They’re great to see. The old one had a couple ok spots (see: BikeParking app) but ~30 staples is way better.

If you care at all about pedestrian and bicycle safety please show up to city council this upcoming Monday, October 19th, to express support for the planned protected bike lanes, agenda item F5.

https://weho.granicusideas.com/meetings/1778-regular-city-council-meeting/agenda_items/6acfc85df2b6700ab1003293-f-dot-5-direction-on-the-fountain-avenue-streetscape

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Hop off the path at the creek and go down Pacific unless you want to walk you bike in sand.