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Mandeville Canyon Driver Has Day in Court. Out in Time for Breakfast.
Via LAist: Dr. Christopher Thompson, the driver in the alleged “Road Rage Crash” on July 4th in Mandeville Canyon, had his day in court today. The good doctor pleaded innocent at 8:30 A.M., the moment the courts opened and got permission to not attend any of the future hearings after pleading innocent because the crash … Continued
August 1, 2008
Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week: Downtown Government Buildings?
As part of the Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week, one reader suggested I look at the Downtown governmental buildings that all of us, especially transportation reform advocates, visit somewhat regularly. This week, we'll look at Los Angeles City Hall, the Caltrans building and Metro Headquarters. All three buildings have bike racks, but as we know, not all bike racks are created equal.
August 1, 2008
Wall Street Journal Takes a Look at LA Bike Commuters
Wall Street Journal Celebrity Stephen Box at Bike Not to Work Day in 2007 Was there ever a subject that you talked about all of the time and thought you knew just about everything there was to know about it, then someone you don’t know has an opinion and all of a sudden you’re fascinated … Continued
August 1, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Bike Box
This StreetsWiki entry is rounding into encyclopedic form quite nicely. Andy Hamilton, DianaD (who also brought us the VMT entry last week) and Streetsblog's own Aaron Naparstek have been piecing together a detailed look at the history and effectiveness of bike boxes:
July 30, 2008
NYPD Thug Attacks Cyclist without Cause. Cyclist Goes to Jail
Words fail when watching this clip of an NYPD officer forcibly knocking a Critical Mass rider to the pavement last Friday. The assault was caught on video by a bystander in Times Square. Compounding the injustice, reports Gothamist, is what happened next:
July 29, 2008
DIY Lanes on Fletcher Bridge Already a Memory
Last week, MetBlogs reported that some enterprising souls took it upon themselves to improve the city's bike network by adding their own lanes to the Fletcher Bridge that runs over the Los Angeles River. The Do It Yourself, aka DIY, Lanes lasted less than half a week as the DOT saw to their quick removal. Apparently, in Los Angeles it takes well over a decade to construct the projects in a Bike Master Plan, but a couple of days to remove vigilante bike lanes.
July 28, 2008
Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week: Dodger Stadium
We've written before about some of the problems those brave few who bike to Dodger Stadium face. This year we found that a bike rack had been installed and hoped things would be better. After some decent early reviews from myself and the Militant Angeleno we discovered the biggest flaw with the new bike parking was nobody in the security and parking staff knew where it was and there was no mention of it on the Dodger website.
July 25, 2008
Festival of Lights Meeting Tonight
Speaking of Tom LaBonge…earlier in the month Streetsblog reported on the efforts to overturn the city’s ban on bicycles during the Festival of Lights in Griffith Park. Tonight, activists will have another opportunity to urge the DWP to follow the state law prohibiting banning of bicycles from a public space at a meeting about the … Continued
July 24, 2008