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It’s on! Wolfpack Hustle Rides in Daylight Against Jet Blue
By Damien Newton |
The Internet is buzzing with what could be the highlight of Carmageddon Weekend. The legendary bicycling racing team the Wolfpack Hustle will race Bike Commute News writer Joe Anthony. While Joe is a pretty strong cyclist in his own right, a set of wounded ribs has Anthony riding a different vehicle, a Jet Blue airplane. […]
Live! Follow the Race Between the Wolfpack and Jet Blue via GPS and Jet Blue Flight Tracker…
By Damien Newton |
Thanks to Joe Anthony of Bike Commute News and Errin Vasquez of Frontage Roads for helping with the tech stuff last night. I’d wish Anthony luck on his race today, but LASB is $90 richer if he loses… Streetsblog is proud to give provide some live coverage of today’s “bike vs plane” race between the […]
Coming Soon: Carmageddon II
By Damien Newton |
It’s official: Carmageddon II is scheduled for the end of September from the evening of Friday, September 28 to the early morning of October 1. As before, Metro is demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Bridge in part to make place for a carpool lane. The full details of the closure can be found at […]
2011: The Year That Was
By Damien Newton |
(Today begins our four-part end of the year coverage. Tomorrow and Thursday will have our remaining Streetsie award announcements and Friday will feature some predictions for next year. – DN) There was a lot of important news that broke over the last year. It’s hard to believe that a year ago the City of Los […]
The Real Lessons of Carmageddon – Angelenos Aren’t Idiots, We Have Too Many Highways
By Damien Newton |
There are two theories to transportation engineering and traffic. One theory is that traffic is like a raging river. If you block it in one place, it will flow someplace else. If you add more space for it to flow, it will flow more smoothly. This theory has dominated traffic and transportation plans for years. […]
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton and Damien Newton |
It Is Bike To Work Day – Lotsa Pit Stops (The Source) Here’s a List of All the Transit Agencies Offering Free Rides (Daily News) LA Weekly Does Great Summary of Hyperion Despite Awful Headline Coalition Insists On At Least 10 Percent Of Measure R2 To Walk and Bike (Investing in Place) Yet more errors in […]