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Yesterday, I got an email forwarded to me about a cyclist being attacked, beaten and mugged on the Ballona Creek Bike Trail.  You may remember that there has been some controversy about gang activity around one of the entrances and whether or not it is safe for entrances to exist in communities.  The LAPD, favoring gate closure, has protested that they don't have the manpower to properly police the trail and entrances.  This email shows that the problem is worse than we feared, it seems some police in the area don't seem to know that the trail exists.

A recent poll conducted by AARP finds that Americans over the age of 50 are cutting down on car trips due to rising gas prices, but are finding public infrastructure, or lack thereof, to be an obstacle.

Last week, as part of my “Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week” series I took a look at the bike planning at the Democratic National Convention.  Local press reports were dire, noting that bike racks near the Pepsi Center would be closed down as part of the Secret Service’s security perimeter.   However, after thinking … Continued

Public bike-share in the U.S. hit a milestone yesterday when SmartBike DC, the first program of its kind in an American city, launched in full. Coverage in the Washington Post was heavy on the implications for D.C.'s image:

KTLA.com has a poll up asking whether Southern California should be spending public funds to build more bike lanes.  Surprisingly, almost a third of respondents have “voted” against putting money into a better bike network.  Just in case you were wondering, the poll is still live and can be found here.  Photo: Waltarrr/Flickr 

Already a prolific contributor to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, BicyclesOnly has recently put together a StreetsWiki guide to "Urban Bicycling With Children." The entry kicks off with a look at some of the less obvious benefits to biking with kids: