Safety
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Long Beach Unveils Plan to Make “Most Bike Friendly City” the Safest Too
Glance to the right of this article and you'll see ads geared towards bike safety. Sift through the work of this site and you'll find endless accounts of dooring, commuter frustration, measures to keep one safe, how to "properly" ride a bicycle, riding on sidewalks... The list is as exhaustive as it is important despite its seeming redundancy.
December 21, 2012
Let There Be Light: Operation Firefly Lands in South L.A.
I don't know about you, but I feel naked riding a bike at night without lights.
December 14, 2012
High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road
America’s roads have suddenly become dangerous places for America’s children. At least, that’s what’s suggested by a flurry of viral stories involving kids and cars.
June 26, 2012
High-Stakes Testing: A Lesson in Texting While Driving
Here's a cool, funny, and genuinely effective public service announcement out of Belgium. According to Gizmodo, non-profit Responsible Young Drivers essentially pranked a bunch of people taking their drivers license exam. To pass, they were told, they'd have to show they could adequately send text messages while keeping control of the car.å
May 3, 2012
Touring the New Expo Line with the “Ethnic Media”
I was invited to join other members of the "ethnic media" (Metro's term, not mine) yesterday for a preview of the Expo Line. Set to open to the public on April 28th, trips between Culver City and downtown L.A. along the 8.6 miles of new line will be free all of next weekend.
April 20, 2012
It’s Take Two for “Give Me 3” in Sacramento
On October 7th, Governor Jerry Brown shocked the California cycling community and snubbed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and bill sponsor Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) when he vetoed Senate Bill 910, a proposed law that would have required motorists to give cyclists a three foot buffer when passing. However, proponents of the “Give Me 3″ bill are back with a new proposal -- SB 1464.
February 28, 2012
Bike Repair Racks and Other Ways to Make SoCal More Bike Friendly
Lately, thanks to years of hard work by groups like the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and an increasing cadre of bike-friendly elected officials and staffers, it seems like SoCal is edging towards being a more bike-friendly place. But there's still much to be done as we work towards this extremely important goal.
February 27, 2012
Editorial: It’s Time for the State to Offer Drivers Licenses to Undocumented Workers
As the year draws to a close, the a debate is popping up between LAPD leadership and the Los Angeles Police Protective League over how to handle unlicensed drivers. Yesterday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced that the City of Los Angeles would allow unlicensed drivers pulled over by the police to call a friend or family member to pick up their car rather than have it be impounded. Beck explained the decision to the Times:
December 14, 2011
Mapping the Consequences of Our Automobile Addiction
Leave it to the Brits to create an incredible tool for examining America’s own crisis of traffic fatalities. Behold this somber map, made by ITO World, a UK-based transportation information firm. Each dot on the map is a traffic-related death. The entire eastern United States is blanketed with them.
November 28, 2011