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Los Angeles Needs You for Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts
"I never see people ride on the existing bike lane, why should we extend it?"
September 4, 2013
Livability Advocates Dominate #RoadBond Hearing, Press Ignores
On Wednesday, the City Council Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee ordered city staff to study funding options for a bond proposal to fix city streets.
August 9, 2013
The L.A. Zoo Opens Its Doors for Adult Only Thursdays with Discounts to LACBC Members
The Los Angeles Zoo is holding its Roaring Nights events on the next three Thursday nights. Basically, the zoo becomes an 18 and older venue for a couple of hours with bands, food trucks, new chances to interact with the animals (elephant feedings!) and no kids. While this sounds like fun, it was a small sentence in the middle of the press announcement that caught my eye.
July 10, 2013
Shameless plug: Join us tonight for a discussion of California’s Road Rules for Bicyclists with the LACBC
Just a quick note before we get on with the rest of the day's news.
May 22, 2013
LACBC Opens a Wiki, Let’s Help Them Out
The Planning Committee of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition just opened a "wiki" webpage to help local advocates navigate the complex waters of bicycle policy and planning in Los Angeles County. Wiki's allow anyone to add information as is done on the gigantic Wikipedia website, where nearly all of the content is user create. You can visit the LACBC wiki by clicking here.
January 10, 2013
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Looks Ahead for Big 2013
It's only been five years since Streetsblog began publishing in Los Angeles. In that time, we bore witness to major changes at LADOT, Metro and city politics. But perhaps the biggest change has come in the form of more professional, better-staffed and powerful advocacy organizations.
December 18, 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
South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors Confer with Planners on Bike and Mobility Plans
Last night, between 15 and 20 members of the South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassador (NBA) group gathered in the (amazing!) Civil Rights Museum at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee to talk with Jane Choi (Dept. of City Planning’s LA/2B), David Somers (Dept. of City Planning’s Bicycle Planner), and Nate Baird (Dept. of Transportation's Project Coordinator for Bicycle Outreach and Planning) about infrastructure needs in the community.
November 13, 2012
Neighborhood Bike Ambassador Program Officially Launches in South L.A.
As a child, I had dreamed of becoming a diplomat. A product of the cold war who occasionally had nightmares involving mushroom clouds, I threw myself into Soviet Studies in college, honed my skills in several of the UN's official languages, and prepared intensely for the foreign service exam. When the cold war ended (with no help from me, I might add), I shelved my ambassadorial aspirations.
September 6, 2012
Storify the Los Angeles River Ride
[View the story "Our Coverage of the L.A. River Ride" on Storify]
June 11, 2012