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February 1, 2012
Streetsblog Reader Interview II: Claire Bowin Talks Parking, Livable Places, Transportation Noise
Yesterday, Streetsblog published the first of a two part interview with L.A. City Planning Department's Claire Bowin. Bowin has had her finger in a lot of pots in her tenure with Planning, working on the Bike Plan, the Mobility Element, the Housing Plan, the Cornfield Arroyo-Seco Plan, and Bike Plan Implementation.
February 1, 2012
Next Streetsblog Reader Interview: City Planning’s Claire Bowin
Last year, Streetsblog's "reader interview" series was a shashing success. The series led to some fantastic interactions between Streetsblog readers and some of L.A.'s most important decision makers and top advocates. The first volunteer for our 2012 series is Claire Bowin, a senior planner with Los Angeles' Planning Department.
January 9, 2012
Streetsblog Interview : Howard Krepack
Howard Krepack is a pretty good lawyer. In over three decades of legal work, he's racked up quite a record inside and outside of the courtroom as a personal injury lawyer regularly winning recognition as one of the Top Lawyers in America and a Super Lawyer. In short, he's someone you would want on your side if you find yourself wounded in a crash. You can read all about his legal record on the website for his law firm, Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton and Goldstein.
January 7, 2011
Streetsblog Interview Series: Aktive
I can't remember the first time I met Aktive, but it seems that every time I'm in the Northeast L.A. "Bike District" I run into him. Going to an event at the Bike Oven? There's Aktive. Getting the baby bike together at Flying Pigeon? There's Aktive. June fundraiser? Aktive.
November 24, 2010
Streetsblog Interview: Ayla Stern
Bicycle Advisory Committee Member. Bike Working Group volunteer. Midnight Rida. Co-Founder of the Valley Bikery. When it comes to advocacy Ayla Stern does it all. Recently, she's been one of the leaders of the battle to preserve the Wilbur Avenue Road Diet and Bike Lane re-striping that has won praise from cyclists and residents but scorn from the motoring public and the local City Councilman.
November 18, 2010
Streetsblog Interview with Long Beach Film Maker Michael Bauch
Michael Wolfgang Bauch is a Long Beach based filmmaker, videographer, kayaker, and avid cyclist. He recently talked with Streetsblog over the phone about his latest full-length documentary, Riding Bikes With The Dutch. The film premieres this Sunday, May 9 at the Art Theatre in Long Beach at 5 PM, as part of the Long Beach Bike Festival.
May 6, 2010
Streetsblog Interview: “Retired” Ridazz
(editor's note: This interview was recorded last Friday afternoon, hours before anyone was shot. If we had talked afterward, you can bet that would have come up in our conversation.)
July 17, 2009
Streetsblog Interview: Introducing Art Leahy
When entering Metro CEO Art Leahy's office, you can't help but notice that he's a sports fan and a native Angeleno. His wall is decorated with USC football paraphernalia and his bookshelf has a couple of Los Angeles Dodgers bobbleheads and other memorabilia from Dodgertown. When staff that happened to graduate from UCLA are in the room, they get ribbed. I also took some flack that my choice in favored baseball teams was also lightly mocked.
July 16, 2009
Streetsblog Interview: The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Eleven years ago, a small group of bike riders that included Streetsblog contributors Joe Linton and Ron Milam, founded the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the county's largest bicycle advocacy organization. The LACBC always has a bunch of plates spinning in the air, so I caught up with LACBC staff Aurisha Smolarski and Dorothy Le to find out everything that's going on with the LACBC. For more information about the LACBC, visit their website at http://la-bike.org.
July 16, 2009