Ad Nauseum: L.A. County DPSS Thinks Bicycling Is Scary
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Nothing quite says "life gets rough" the way bicycling does, right? Except maybe car crashes.
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Ad Nauseum: Energizer Batteries Turn Drab Bikes Into Colorful Motorcycles
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Energizer batteries are trying to appeal to consumer ecological consciences by “taking worn out batteries and making them into something strong” in the company’s new EcoAdvanced battery line. What better way to be ecological than to appeal to urban cyclists? In the above commercial, the Energizer Bunny helps out tired riders by turning their bicycles into […]
How Many Things Are Wrong With L.A.’s Latest Traffic Safety Billboards?
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At a press event yesterday, the L.A. Police Department and Clear Channel revealed a series of billboard images aimed to, according to their press release, “prevent distracted driving and reduce the number of hit-and-run accidents in the Los Angeles area.” With the help of social media commentary, we spotted five different ways that these billboards […]
Eyes on the Street: Homelessness, Crime, Noise, Bicyclists
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The above flyer was sent to Streetsblog by a member of the Los Feliz Neighborhood Improvement Association with a simple statement,”a little more mockery/pushback/coverage might be useful/entertaining.” While I take reader requests very seriously, I don’t know what exactly to mock. After all, if Los Feliz is such a Shangri-La that the fourth most pressing problem […]
Open Thread: About That Prius Advertisement…
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When I announced a couple of weeks ago that Streetsblog had struck an advertising deal with the L.A. Times allowing them to sell advertising space on Streetsblog, I assured readers that did not mean we would be accepting advertisements for automobiles, AAA, or politicians. The second advertisement the Times placed was for a car dealership. […]
Ad Nauseum: Portugese Car Commercial Goes Metro to Slam Transit Riders
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Last week, Streetsblog NYC’s Brad Aaron reported on an advertisement in Metro Newpaper by Subaru calling transit riders “stinking low lifes.” The irony of course is that Metro is given out for free in many transit stations across North America. Via Copenhagenize, comes a television commercial from Portugal that’s also something of an insult. In the […]