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Looking into Los Angeles’ 2010 Draft Bike Plan
While the 2010 draft is, in some ways, an improvement over the
disappointing 2009 draft, it's still incomplete and problematic. This
article reviews the bike plan process, then begins to analyze what's in
and what's missing from the 2010 draft, as released so far.
July 22, 2010
Villaraigosa on HuffPo: I Like to Bike in Los Angeles
Bicycle advocate and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took to the Internet to talk bike policy in the aftermath of this weekend's crash. While there's nothing groundbreaking in his essay; it's nice to see our city's political leader take a stand for bicyclists.
July 19, 2010
Dangerous Taxi Driver Causes Bike Crash, Broken Arm for Villaraigosa
Well, that didn't take long.
July 18, 2010
LAPD Outlines How to Report a Bike Crash or Theft
It's a story we've heard too often. A cyclist is riding legally down the street, when out of nowhere, blam! For some reason, a car slams into the bicycle for reasons unknown. The car speeds off (or the driver waits, it doesn't matter), and the bloody cyclist rises to his feet, calls 911, and for whatever reason, the police won't take a report. The driver who caused the accident gets off free as a bird. The cyclist is left to his own devices to take care of his own problems.
July 15, 2010
Facebook Face Off: Malibu’s Anti-Bike Crusade Runs Into Opposition
Generally, I try to avoid writing about Facebook "groups" that bag cyclists, pedestrians or transit riders and projects because they're not really representative of anything other than an angry person with a keyboard.
July 9, 2010
We Rode As One
By now you've probably heard the news about last Friday's Los Angeles Critical Mass, now with cops!, and have read touching accounts of cyclist' new B.F.F.'s. If you haven't, you can get a feel for how the ride went by watching the video above, and reading Kumbaya, posted here on Saturday and Undiscovered Country posted at Bikeside.
June 27, 2010
Happy Second Birthday, Eastside Bike Club
This Saturday, the Eastside Bicycle Club turns two with a big party planned for its second birthday party at Lincoln Park from 2:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. The event will feature a pair of concurrent bike rides, the handing out of the "Golden Crank" awards, an all-afternoon barbeque and a fireworks show. A fireworks show? Nice.
June 25, 2010
Also Coming Later Today: L.A.’s Bike Plan
Via the LADOT Bike Blog comes the news cyclists and community activists have been waiting for: The Department of City Planning and LADOT will finally be releasing the final draft of the Bike Plan, a mere half a year behind schedule. Sources at LADOT have told me to expect the new plan to appear at labikeplan.org later today. The Bike Blog offers a preview of some of the differences we can expect between the much-panned draft released last summer and the new version:
June 18, 2010
Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow
Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects reached a new high last year, according to a report released yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration.
In terms of dollars, federal investment in walking and biking more than
doubled compared to the previous high, set in 2007, thanks largely to
an infusion of $400 million in stimulus funds.
June 17, 2010
Notes from Saturdays Bicycle and Pedestrian Meeting in Culver City
(If you live in Culver City, get your comments in on how you'd like your city to improve things for "people powered transportation" by June 18! - DN)
June 14, 2010