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Streetsblog Challenges City Leaders: Ride with Me for Bike to Work Week
Last year, when handing out the Streetsie for "Politician of the Year" to Bill Rosendahl, we challenged the Councilman to complete a bike safety course before we would give it to him in person. While he agreed, we've had to put the project on hold, in part because of his heart surgery.
April 7, 2011
Long Beach Bike Plan Update – Group bike ride and meeting at Bixby Park, Saturday, March 19th
You have one last chance to hear the presentation and ask questions or provide feedback directly, Tonight, Wednesday 3/23/2011, start at 6:00 PM in the Mark Twain Library, 1401 E. Anaheim, Long Beach
March 23, 2011
LAPD Posts Officer Training Program for Bicycle Safety on YouTube
(While working on the Wilbur Road Diet Story, I received this letter from Sargent David Krumer of the LAPD announcing that the Department had posted their fifteen minute bicycle training course online. Krumer's email is posted in its entirety after the video. I'll leave the commenting up to you. - DN)
March 16, 2011
Council Moves Anti-Harassment Ordinance, Safe Routes to School Plan
"We're in the same place with pedestrian planning that we were on bicycle planning 15 years ago, and that's nowhere." With that strong opening statement, Bill Rosendahl kicked off discussion of a proposal that the city create a data-driven plan for Los Angeles' Safe Streets to Schools Program.
March 10, 2011
Modern Family’s Streetsblog Episode
Last night, ABC's sit-com Modern Family showed "Slow Down Your Neighbors," a re-run of an episode that deals with both the joys of cycling and the danger that speeding drivers create on local streets. A show that takes place in Los Angeles that shows children biking to school to fit in with the cool crowd and excoriates unsafe drivers?
March 10, 2011
Cyclists Gathered at Bike Summit Are Told Not to “Wait for Washington”
“How many people are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?”
March 9, 2011
Local Return in L.A.: Bike Racks, Bike Lanes, and a Better Plan for Safe Routes to School
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, LADOT, has released it's report on how it plans to spend the portion of the Measure R Local Return funds that were "set-aside" for bicycle and pedestrian programs. You may remember that during debate on whether or not bicyclists and pedestrian safety projects deserved a set-aside some Council Members, notably Bernard Parks and Greig Smith, were worried that there wouldn't be enough projects to meet the set-aside.
March 8, 2011
Transpo. Committee Debates Cyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance Tomorrow
A new ordinance that gives cyclists broader legal options after being harassed, assaulted or just run-down, heads to the City Council Transportation Committee for review before heading to the Full City Council tomorrow afternoon. Bill Rosendahl has been championing such an ordinance since at least 2009, and now it seems close to becoming a reality. If passed, this ordinance would be the first of its kind in the nation.
March 8, 2011
On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes
The National Bike Summit begins tomorrow, bringing together an estimated 750 cycling advocates. They'll hear from NYCDOT Chief Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and they'll descend on Congress in droves, plastic bike pins fastened to their lapels, to deliver a message about safe cycling access.
March 8, 2011