Michael Cahn
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Distraction and Speed
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The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) is like a daughter of Caltrans. The mothership builds the roads, then Traffic Safety comes on the scene, addressing the safety deficits with education and enforcement efforts. The OTS conference, scheduled every other year, is a forum which unites local government, safety advocates, and a whole lot of police […]
Bike Talk Recap: Bike Sharing Live and Die Based on the Planning Details
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BikeTalk this Saturday featured an extended discussion about the technicalities, challenges, and beauties of a bike share programs. On the show we had Phil Brock, Santa Monica Parks and Rec commissioner, Ryan Rzepecki from with Social Bike, who are developing the intelligent locking system which can operate independently of return stations, Todd Loewenstein, Co-owner of Baiku Bikes, […]
Report from the Annual Conference on Active Living: Obesity and Active Living
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Getting more people to walk and bike was a major theme of the conference. Photo:San Diego Personal Injury Attorney The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serious dollars from the Johnson & Johnson (baby shampoo etc) empire, is a public health foundation which funds research into healthy eating and active living. Their Annual Conference on Active Living […]
In Kafka’s Castle: TDM in Action
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Photo: Duncan Rawlinson via The Last Minute Blog (editor’s note: Dr. Michael Cahn is a lecturer in book history at UCLA. There is also someone with the same name affiliated with some bike group in town, but that is another chapter. This story has received very light editing on my part and is re-printed with […]