Month: March 2010

Mark your calendars for Friday, April 9, for the first ever L.A. Streetsblog fundraiser from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. at the L.A. Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Place.  Anyone not familiar with the Eco-Village should click on this link for directions, and note that it's a couple of blocks away from the Beverly/Vermont Red Line Station.  The suggested donation is $25, but feel free to give whatever fits in your budget.

Last week, the New York Times broke the news that Texas based oil companies were funding the ballot initiative that would "temporarily" place the Greenhouse Gas reforms required by A.B. 32 on hold until California's unemployment rate reached 5.5%.  When discussing the news with some of my friends, it was greeted with a yawn.  After all, this is hardly the first time an out-of-state interest has placed a lot of money behind a ballot proposition, and A.B. 32 spends a lot more time promoting clean fuel than it does human powered transportation or transit.

There's a lot of interesting and unique bike events in East Hollywood at the end of the week.  If you're in the area, or are wondering how to spend your weekend, make sure to check them out.

If you've ever wanted a breakdown of the benefits of commuting by bike versus commuting by car, Carfree.us has got it for you. The writer of this Streetsblog Network member blog, a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina,  is not actually totally car-free, but he has made a commitment to commuting by bike or bus for the calendar year of 2010. From his introductory post:

Expo Authority Shopping for Phase II Construction Contractor (Curbed) Feds. Give $89 Million in Transit Stimulus to L.A. (LAist) Bike Messengers are L.A.’s New Guardian Angeles (Downtown News) Road Rage Suspected in Fatal Shooting (Times) Councilman, and Temporary Board Member, LaBonge Floats Art Spur for Red Line (Downtown News) CA Using Propane Buses as Part … Continued

A collaborative project by Jennifer Moran, Brian Janeczko, Enci Box and Aurisha Smolarski

The hearings are scheduled as follows:

For more information, go to the ArtCycle website or read the article on Streetsblog.