Cartoon Tuesday
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Cartoon Tuesday: A Little Inspiration from the Netherlands
Just in case I thoroughly depressed our cyclist readers with the overview of the timeline for the Draft Bike Plan, I wanted to provide some inspiration in the form of some funny and inspiring bike commercials from the Netherlands. H/t to Dave Feucht of the Streetsblog.net discussion group.
October 20, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Walking Ewww
I know this commercial is for "last year's" L.A. County Fair, but they're using the same one this year and there's no expiration date on Cartoon Tuesday pieces.
September 8, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Stray Dogs Taking Moscow Metro
While reading the news magazine "The Week" this weekend, I noticed a small story about how stray dogs in Russia are starting to ride the Moscow Metro to get to their work. In the morning, the dogs ride into Moscow's down town where they spend the day scavenging for food among Moscow's business elite. At the end of the day they get back on the train and ride back "home."
August 25, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Take the Big Blue Bus to the Houston Airport
The Big Blue Bus is proudly sporting ads boasting of a new airport service. The new route provides quite an increase in service coverage for the agency because they aren't talking about service to the local airport in Santa Monica or to LAX; but service to the airport in Houston. Remarkably this service will cost riders only $15. What a bargain! I wonder how many stops there will be along the route. If they'll stop in Vegas, I bet a lot of Angelenos will be interested.
August 18, 2009
Stephen Colbert’s Tips for Drivers and Cyclists
You know an issue has hit the mainstream when it's mocked on the Daily Show or the Colbert Report.
August 12, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Why Does Alabama Hate California Bikes?
The online news outlet Digital City reports that the state of Alabama has banned the sale of Cycles Gladiator wine, produced by California winery Hahn Family Wines because of what it terms an inappropriate label. Digital City reports:
August 4, 2009
Cartoon Wednesday: NASCAR and Bicycles
Last week The Onion had a running gag that it was "sold to the Chinese" and all articles were written by staff as though they were official Chinese government proclamations about American culture. While there were several things to chortle about, my favorite article was of course NASCAR: Why Is It Not Done on Thousands of Bicycles.
July 29, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Beware of the Ouchies
After reading about a new Pew Poll that found 88 percent of Americans believe they can't live without a car, I couldn't help thinking of this cartoon from John Akre -- who also gave us Cars for Hats. Car dependence has never looked so terrifying.
May 12, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Park-N-Abandon
Today's toon combo comes to us via the Times' By Design blog, where Allison Arieff has posted a paean to Steven M. Johnson, an inventor, author, cartoonist and former urban planner described by Arieff as "a sort of R. Crumb meets R. Buckminster Fuller." Many of Johnson's "whimsical musings" are transportation related, and at least one of them (which Johnson called the "Treadaround") has become reality.
May 5, 2009