http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/travel/14losangeles.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a210

WHEN I told people I was visiting
Los Angeles for a week without setting foot in a car, one word came up more
than any other: “impossible.”

Seven days and six nights without a car turned out to be not only possible but
in many ways afforded me a more unfiltered view of Los Angeles than I would have
gotten behind the wheel, taking highways rather than local roads and further
buffered from my surroundings by a windshield and a loud radio. I could pedal
down the Pacific coast, pause at food trucks and pop into parks uninterrupted by
the need to find a parking spot — or worse, a valet. Los Angeles felt within
reach.

And as the days passed, I realized that, for a city known for its car culture,
Los Angeles can be managed on a bike. The small number of dedicated bike lanes
and marked bike routes are scattered around somewhat unhelpfully, but Google
Maps’ bike mapping beta for mobile and Web does a fairly decent job of making
sense of them. Widespread, though not ubiquitous, signs around the city urge
drivers to “share the road” and give cyclists three feet leeway. Though I
occasionally hopped up on sidewalks when I felt uncomfortable in traffic, I
found drivers to be reasonably accommodating.

Having ridden a good deal in Los Angeles, in some of the same
areas that the author did, I can attest that what he says is true. He missed
riding up to Mulholland Drive, which I love doing.