Day: June 18, 2010
Streetsblog LA
Also Coming Later Today: L.A.’s Bike Plan
Via the LADOT Bike Blog comes the news cyclists and community activists have been waiting for: The Department of City Planning and LADOT will finally be releasing the final draft of the Bike Plan, a mere half a year behind schedule. Sources at LADOT have told me to expect the new plan to appear at labikeplan.org later today. The Bike Blog offers a preview of some of the differences we can expect between the much-panned draft released last summer and the new version:
June 18, 2010
Tick-Tock. Streetsblog’s NELA Fundraiser Rolls Tonight
As I type these words, the ride cards, brownies, bottled water, stickers, Clif Bars and Luna Bars are all packed and ready for transport to the Flying Pigeon (3714 N. Figueroa Street) for tonight's fundraiser for L.A. Streetsblog sponsored by none other tha the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop, with an assist from the Eastside Bike Club, Clif and Luna Bars and Trader Joes. We're going to leave Flying Pigeon at 7:00 for a slow-paced ten-mile ride following the old yellow cars line. Afterward, we're going to party. That will be cool.
June 18, 2010
Amtrak Customer Advisory Committee Recruiting Southern Californians
A few years ago I joined Amtrak's Guest Rewards program, which every month sends an e-mail showing my current point total. These also include a few tidbits of the latest Amtrak news. This is how I learned Amtrak's Customer Advisory Committee (ACAC) is currently recruiting new committee members to fill impending vacancies from several areas, including the Pacific Northwest, Southern California, North Carolina and the New York Empire Corridor along with regular riders of the the Sunset Limited® or Empire Builder®. The ACAC was formed in 1997 to represent the needs and concerns of the traveling public to Amtrak management.
June 18, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Map of what the country would look like if L.A. keeps sprawling. Via: The New Yorker Critical Mass Is Going to Be a Breeze (LAT) Judge Slams Metro’s Ethics in Red Line Contempt Case (LAT) Remember When We All Used to Debate the Bike Plan? Well, Get Ready, ‘Cause Here it Comes… (LADOT Bike Blog) … Continued
June 18, 2010