Day: December 3, 2012
Streetsblog LA
It’s Official, 1st Street Bike Lane Will Lose Some of Its Buffer
For months, cyclist and writerRoger Rudick rides down the 1st Street Buffered Bike Lane. Often, Rudick stops near LAPD headquarters and snaps a picture of a police cruiser parked in the bicycle lane. Rudick would then send it to a sympathetic ear in the department, be it Sgt. David Krumer or Officer Jeff Kievit. After the complaints were too numerous to be written off as the work of a few rogue scofflaws, the LAPD revealed their internal strategy for informing officers that parking in a bicycle lane is not only unsafe, it's illegal.
December 3, 2012
New Signage Discourages Sidewalk Riding In Santa Monica, But It’s An Issue That Defies Simple Resolution
This past week I first noticed signage and stenciling in Santa Monica telling cyclists not to ride on the sidewalk. This new stencil signage is at present only on 2nd St near Arizona, and is inconsistently implemented with one intersection with a walk your bike icon (2nd & Arizona), and another with a bike crossed out (2nd & Wilshire, as well as at one mid-block point). If we are to going to have such markings, I prefer the "walk your bike symbol". "Walk your bike" frames the issue in the positive, and makes it more clear the riding a bike on the sidewalk is the issue, not simply a message of "no bikes". For simplicity sake, "walk bike" would be shorter and communicate the same message.
December 3, 2012
The Week in Livable Streets Events
There's important events almost everyday this week, and then it ends with ARTCRANK, a great place to do some holiday shopping or just enjoy some beer with friends at Orange 20 (and raise a little cash for your favorite independent media site).
December 3, 2012
Patty Murray as Senate Budget Chief: What It Means for Transportation
In transportation circles, all eyes are on Rep. Bill Shuster, who was just tapped to head the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House. And you may have heard about how GOP leadership appointed a climate change denier to head the House Committee on Science. But on the Senate side, there's some good news for advocates of sustainable transportation coming out of the appointment process this week.
December 3, 2012
Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Coming to the Heart of Downtown Chicago
Chicago has made some real strides toward becoming a world-class cycling city since Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor, promising 100 miles of protected bike lanes and bringing on Gabe Klein as transportation commissioner.
December 3, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Measure J Officially Dies with 66.1% of the Vote (The Source) Alameda County to Recount Votes for Measure B1 (CoCo Times, East Bay Express) Roadshow: “Ridiculous” Two-Thirds Vote Margin For Transpo Tax Measures Should Be Lowered Garcetti, Greuel, Obvious Early Frontrunners (LAT) Streetsblog Contributor Carlos Morales Opens a Bike Shop (Biking in L.A., Boy on a … Continued
December 3, 2012