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Help Put Our Spring Pledge Drive Over the Top (and Win Free Comics)
We're rounding the final turn in our spring fundraising campaign, and thanks to hundreds of generous donations to Streetsblog and Streetfilms the finish line is within sight. Just $3,500 in donations this week and we'll reach our goal of raising $30,000 by June 1. Your support enables us to produce high-impact content making the case for livable streets and green transport. So if you haven't given yet, no more holding back -- now's the time to contribute. The pledge drive ends Friday at midnight.
May 30, 2012
Assembly Passes Two “Buy Here Pay Here” Reform Bills
There are few side-effects of America's Car Culture as ugly as the proliferation of Buy Here Pay Here car dealerships. These businesses serve as both car dealership and lender, preying on people of lesser means or bad credit with a (real or perceived) need to have access to a car. The dealerships make their profits by inflating the value of cars, charing high interest rates
May 30, 2012
Support the Howard Krepack Fund to Fight ALS, Either Online or at the River Ride
Howard Krepack may not be a household name in many parts of the bike community, but there are few people who have left as large a footprint in the steadily growing movement. A successful trial attorney who specializes in personal injury cases, Krepack has made his law firm, Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton and Goldstein, LLP, one of the largest private supporters of bicycle advocacy. (full disclosure: Including L.A. Streetsblog)
May 29, 2012
CA Senate Passes 3-Foot Passing Bill. Will Gov Brown Sign It This Time?
The three-foot passing bill for bicyclists sailed through the California Senate today, reports the California Bicycle Coalition (CBC) on Twitter:
May 25, 2012
South L.A.-ify Your Weekend
If you're looking for things to do this Memorial Day Weekend that do not involve driving, you're in luck.
May 25, 2012
We Want Dancing Stop Signs: My Daily Moment of Zen
Last Friday, Safe Moves, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children on traffic safety, held a Bike-to-School-Day event at New Designs Charter School (at 23rd St. and Figueroa Ave.) to close out Metro's Bike Week.
May 22, 2012
Critical Minimum with the East Side Riders: From Watts to Long Beach on a Friday Night
"You are friends with them?"
May 21, 2012
Your Coverage of Bike to Work Day
[View the story "Your Coverage of Bike to Work Day" on Storify]
May 18, 2012
Bike to Work Open Thread and Bike From Work Update
Tomorrow morning we'll use Storify to capture the best public media from today's Bike to Work Day festivities. If you have videos or pictures you want us to include, or any comments on the best and worst pit stops, please leave them in the comments section and we'll be sure to include them. You can find a map with all the pit stops, right here.
May 17, 2012
How Baton Rouge Brought Its Transit System Back From the Brink
It's funny how often public transit referendums bring out the the best in local communities. The case of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a perfect example: Voters recently decided to essentially double investment in public transit -- rescuing their transit agency from a long slide into irrelevance.
May 16, 2012