Surgeon General’s Warning: Driving May Be…
The good folks back east at Streetsblog pick up on a story about the EU considering some truth in advertising when it comes to car commercials. For the full story, go here.
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Storify: You Tell The Story from Long Beach’s Bike Station Opening Last Week
By Damien Newton |
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Times Writes on a Day in the Life of a Bike Riding Day Laborer
By Damien Newton |
Ramon Martinez, Jose Guzman, Hector Tobar and other Volunteers at City of Lights’ downtown bike repair space. Photo: City of Lights This morning, while preparing "Today’s Headlines" I came across a story in the Times about cyclist Jose Guzman, our friend Ramon Martinez and a day in the life of a day laborer on a […]
New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl
By Brad Aaron |
As livable streets advocates work to make headway in breaking the cycle of American auto dependence, the folks at Planetizen have put together a video narrative that explains how we got here. "The Story of Sprawl," a double DVD set produced by Managing Editor Tim Halbur, is a compilation of historical films dating from 1939 […]
Irony Alert: L.A. Weekly Story Mocks Cyclist Right to Lane Appears Next to Story of Fatal Dooring
By Damien Newton |
Must be a slow news day. Dennis Romero at L.A. Weekly hasn’t exactly been a friend to the cycling community, this is the same writer who referred to CicLAvia as “Mayor Villaraigosa’s Bike Ride Pipe Dream” in the runup to 10/10/10. Today’s column is little more than a weird mocking of Metro’s “Every Lane is a […]
Share Your Green Urban Story
By Brad Aaron |
SustainLane, known for its ranking of greenest US cities, is looking for short essays on sustainable urban living. Here are a few ideas from the contest guidelines: Tell us the story about the commuter rail that doesn’t exist (voted down yet again). Would it run near your neighborhood, if it did? Tell us about […]
Story Update: And the Winner Is…
By Damien Newton |
Bicycle Fixation has announced the winners of its best bike rack contest. Congratulations to Chris Orr and Steve Neff. To view the winners, click here. FYI, Its going to be awhile before I get my second post in today, but I promise its going to be one of my best ones to date.