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Helmets Ready! Mayor Hosts First Bike Summit
By Joe Linton |
Former Mayor Richard Riordan presents training wheels to the wounded Mayor. For more pics from the conference, visist Gary Rides Bikes’ Flickr Page Despite the Monday 9am hour and the picture perfect weather, a standing-room only crowd assembled in the Metro Board Room for city of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s first Bike Summit. Alongside Mayor Villaraigosa […]
Rise and Shine, Mayor Announces “Bike Summit” for August 16
By Damien Newton |
(Note: You can read full copies of the statements of everyone quoted below here.) The now famous picture of the mayor fooling around the night before his crash. Following his bike crash and broken elbow, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa vowed to hold a "Bike Summit" to talk speak with cyclists about ways to make […]
Does Metrolink Disaster Point to Need for Grade Separated Expo?
By Damien Newton |
Yesterday afternoon, the City Council Transportation Committee heard testimony about the response of emergency responders to the September 12th Metrolink crash. Towards the end of the hearing, a fiery Bill Rosendahl sounded off about the need to place a higher priority on safety when building new rail projects. His comments were clearly directed at the […]
Los Angeles Dedicates its First Bike Corral
By Joe Linton |
This morning, a crowd of over a hundred people assembled to celebrate the opening of the city of Los Angeles’ first bike corral. The event took place at the corner of York Boulevard and Avenue 50, in Highland Park – in front of Cafe de Leche and directly across from Bicycle Doctor. The city-installed corral […]
Vote for the 2009 Livable Streets Person of the Year!
By Damien Newton |
Amongst the most prestigious of the annual Streetsie awards is the Person of the Year, the award bestowed on the person not named Villaraigosa or Schwarzenegger who most dominated the discussion and debate during the last year. The person doesn’t have to be a hero, they could be a villain. Nominees were submitted by the […]
CalPIRG Sponsors Smart Transportation Conference Next Friday
By Damien Newton |
Next Friday, CalPIRG is hosting a major conference about what the upcoming reauthorization of the federal Transportation Trust Fund could mean for Los Angeles, if we want it enough. New federal language in transportation funding legislation could bring major changes to Los Angeles and the rest of the country. However, CalPIRG is perfectly able to […]