Riding a bike in LA
November 30th, 2005 
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It seems impossible even if you’ve never been there yourself doesn’t it? The message, whatever the source, is always that the only way to get anywhere in LA is in a car and that it takes 3h to drive 3 miles.
Apparently not.
Not only has riding my bike enabled me to glide past all this gridlock (in fact, I’m often not even aware it’s happening), but it has made me realize that it’s an illusion. The city itself is not gridlocked—merely the narrow asphalt ribbons onto which we squeeze all our single-occupant cars. On the back streets I now take, everything is quiet and serene.
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