Bicycling
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Why Are Cyclists Included in Distracted Driving Bill?
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bill introduced last month by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto),
who has been a steady advocate for reducing the dangers of distracted
driving, would increase first-time and repeat fines for drivers who
text while driving or who don’t use hands-free devices, and would
extend the prohibition of cell phone use to cyclists. This last move
has cycling advocates baffled and on the defensive.
March 5, 2010
Times Writes on a Day in the Life of a Bike Riding Day Laborer
This morning, while preparing "Today's Headlines" I came across a story in the Times about cyclist Jose Guzman, our friend Ramon Martinez and a day in the life of a day laborer on a bike. I thought the story was a good narrative, and was probably a more relevant story about what happens every day in L.A. than the story about bus riders earlier in the week; but it was missing one thing.
March 5, 2010
National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up
NHTS data from 2001 and 2009 shows a major increase in sustainable transportation. Image via Mobilizing the Region. Between 2001 and 2009, the number of trips that Americans made in cars dropped by more than four percent, with walking, bicycling and transit use picking up the slack, according to new data from the U.S. Department … Continued
March 1, 2010
Bike Stations Open in Covina and Claremont
Not all of the bicycling news happened in Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday. The cities of Covina and Claremont both opened Bikestations. Each city is now the proud owner of a two hundred fifty square foot facility adjacent to their Metrolink Stations, designed to make it easier for people to walk or bike either to the Metrolink trains or to just within their towns.
February 26, 2010
Chief Beck Brings His Olive Branch to “Town Hall” with Cyclists
(Editor's note: Ari Bloomekatz also has full coverage of the meeting at LA Now.)
February 25, 2010
Riders Head to City Hall – Live Tweeting the Chief Beck Town Hall with Cyclists
About forty cyclists took part in the rally and bike ride to city hall in support of Ed Magos, the cyclist maimed in a hit and run Downtown by a Porsche Cayene last month. After a brief rally, the group headed down to City Hall to take part in the City Council Transportation Committee featuring a "Town Hall" format with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.
February 24, 2010
Encouraging Signs in Long Beach
Long Beach's ambitious campaign to become the Most Bicycle Friendly City in America is well underway. The Second St. sharrows debuted to much fanfare last summer, followed by bike boxes nearby on Second st. and Marina ave. Recently, the city has selected contractors for its Vista Bike Boulevard and Broadway/Third St. bike lane projects, with completion to come in four to five months. In the meantime, a new numbered bikeway project has been quietly debuting across the city.
February 24, 2010
City and County Refuse to Pass Charges Againt Cayene Driver Who Hit Ed Magos and Ran
(Update: Tuesday, 2/23/10 at 8:02 A.M. - I had a chance to talk with Magos' lawyer over email last night and he confirmed that the LAPD sent the case to both the District Attorney and City Attorney; so in this case the LAPD isn't to blame. I'm going to leave the text below unchanged so that the anyone reading through won't be confused by the comments section.)
February 22, 2010
Report from the Annual Conference on Active Living: Obesity and Active Living
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 took place in San Diego last week.
February 17, 2010