Mike Bonin
Streetsblog LA
Response to Venice Boardwalk Crash Should Be Model, Not Outlier
Saturday in the late afternoona, Nathan Lewis Campbell got in his car and created carnage on the Venice Boardwalk. The 38-year-old native of Colorado drove on to the boardwalk and swerved through the area injuring dozens and killing Italian Alice Gruppioni, a 32 year old newly waling barefoot on the beach next to her husband. They were on their honeymoon.
August 5, 2013
Public Safety Committee Acknowledges the Hit and Run Crisis, LAPD Not So Much.
In Los Angeles, according to LAPD crime statistics for 2011, 1273 cyclists and pedestrians were victims of hit and run crimes. In other words every single day, 3 or 4 cyclists and pedestrians become hit and run victims within Los Angeles city limits. Of these, 26 people walking or biking died as a result of the collision in which a motorist fled the scene. Another 10 victims were killed while in cars.
August 2, 2013
Streetscast: Audio from the Streetsblog Interview with Mike Bonin
At long last, you can listen to (nearly) the entire interview with City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin. Sorry it took so long to get together, my attempts to edit out some of the background noise and make Bonin's voice louder than my own took some time. You can read the two stories generated by the interview, "Mike Bonin Focuses on Listening to Build New Transportation Coalition in Los Angeles" and "Bonin Ready to Work on Transportation Problems Throughout L.A.'s Westside."
July 22, 2013
Bonin Ready to Work on Transportation Problems Throughout L.A.’s Westside
(Editor’s note: We’re breaking out interview with new Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin into three parts. Yesterday focused on his role as Chair. Today focuses on local issues on the Westside’s CD 11. Monday we will post the unedited audio from the interview. Also, since we discuss the Expo Bikeway, we should note that I am the CD 11 representative to the Expo Bicycle Advisory Committee.)
July 19, 2013
Meet Garcetti’s New Team on the Metro Board of Directors: Bonin, Krekorian and Dupont-Walker
Earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his three appointees to the Metro Board of Directors. The Mayor's Office controls four of the thirteen appointments to the body (Garcetti being the first himself.) The appointments include two City Council Members: Mike Bonin and Paul Krekorian, as well as Jackie Dupont-Walker, a community activist from the West Adams Neighborhood in South Los Angeles.
July 18, 2013
Mike Bonin Focuses on Listening to Build New Transportation Consensus in Los Angeles
(Editor's note: We're breaking out interview with new Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin into three parts. Today will focus on his role as Chair. Tomorrow will focus on local issues on the Westside's CD 11. Monday we will post the unedited audio from the interview.)
July 18, 2013
Send Us Your Questions for City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin
Next Tuesday morning, I'll be joining Mike Bonin for a bus ride from the Westside to City Hall for Streetsblog's first interview with the new City Council Transportation Committee Chair. If you have any questions you'd like us to ask him, leave them in the comments section and we'll work them in.
July 3, 2013