Damien Newton

Finish the Ride is the spirit of courage and determination to overcome tragedy despite apparently insurmountable odds. It’s a movement that will literally be heard around the world.  Being part of Finish the Ride means you are taking part in something that will help change the streets of LA.  Show others that you are doing something to make safe streets for bicyclists, pedestrians and everyone on the roads of LA.

Save the date for our biggest ride and fundraiser of the year! Explore the L.A. River on supported rides for all ages and abilities. We'll have more information about the ride soon.

We look forward to working with Community Partners across the City of Los Angeles to reimagine our streets and bring projects to life!

Jeff Wood and I are back with episode 8 of the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about Los Angeles Metro's decision not to extend light rail all the way to LAX (and what they're doing instead), plus some analysis of what rail can really do in a city as spread-out as LA. Then we head east to Princeton, New Jersey, where we debunk the thesis that low sales of luxury condos somehow equates to a rejection of walkability. And finally, back west to Seattle, which finds itself with a similar problem to LA: how to bring more density to settled single-family areas?

Join Streetsblog Los Angeles and  Councilmember Mike Bonin at the Brentwood home of Joel Epstein and Karen Sarachik at a celebration to honor the public service of PAUL BACKSTROM Transportation Deputy to Mike Bonin, and Formerly Bill Rosendahl and Jack Weiss March 15, 2014 6 pm to 9 pm Suggested donation $100, proceeds will benefit … Continued

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Earlier this month, the City of Los Angeles wrote to the Green Lane Project, seeking to be a partner city in "Green Lane Project 2".

- There is no way following that crash that I wan't going to get back on my bike -

Another week chock full of major meetings and political decisions. At least at the end of the week there are THREE CRITICAL MASSES. Woah.

Blumenfield’s Big Bike Ride Earns Raves from Riders, Media (Daily News) Epstein: Metro’s Big Week the Result of Low Expectations (HuffPost) More on the MyFig! Debates (Curbed) It’s Not the Mayor’s Fault South L.A. Isn’t a Promise Zone (Wave) Op/Ed: Rail Alone Cannot Reinvent L.A. (LAT) Curbed is Not Impressed with the Continuing Study of Fantasy … Continued