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Because I had to get up early to take part in the Gold Line Eastside Safety Ride, there won't be any activity on Streetsblog until this afternoon.  When I get home I'll syndicate some stories from the other Streetsblogs then write up the ride report.  Most likely, that will be the only original piece of writing done for LA Streetsblog today.

If any of our friends at Cal State San Bernadino happen to be reading Streetsblog in the next thirty hours, they should make a point to visit Tom Vanderbilt's open lectures tomorrow. Vanderbilt is the bestselling author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What it Says About Us) and something of a favorite for Livable Streets advocates. His name pops up in a lot of Streetsblog stories as his viewpoint and research are second-to-none. My favorite Vanderbilt story features him talking about Motorist Sociopathy.  Of course, you can also read all about Vanderbilt at his personal blog How We Drive.

I'm an environmental writer and activist who writes green LA girl, a blog about eco-friendly, sustainable living in Los Angeles. I’m also a contributing editor at BlogHer.com and also blog regularly for mnn.com and Lime.com. I also have a PhD -- but don't really use it. And I'm planning a Blogger Beach Cleanup for Oct. 24, the International Day of Climate Action -- which all Streetsblog LA writers and readers should come to!

The Bus Bench is one of the few websites that I go to on a near-daily basis to read the news and opinions of a series of writers including those of Randall "BusTard" Flemming and Browne Molyneux. The Bus Bench's dynamic duo bring voices to the transportation reform movement from a number of angles that are too often under-represented on the Internet.

Ted Rogers is  freelance copywriter living on the Westside of Los Angeles, which means that, thanks to the current economic climate, he has plenty of time to write about bicycling on his blog, BikingInLA. Next year will mark his 30th year as an adult cyclist, as well as his 20th riding the streets of L.A. He is perhaps best known for surviving the Infamous Beachfront Bee Incident; the bees have yet to apologize.

I thought today we'd try something a little different.  There are a lot of issues related to the transportation and the quest to make Los Angeles' streets more livable, sustainable and environmentally friendly.  Unfortunately, I sometimes neglect some of those related issues when racing to the next "breaking news" story.  One of the major issues that doesn't get a lot of ink here is historic preservation.

Diane Meyer's photography show Without a Car in the World: 100 Car-less Angelinos Tell Stories of Living in Los Angeles runs October 17th through December 11th. It's at the 18th Street Art Center, which is located at 1639 18th Street, in Santa Monica. The opening reception is Saturday October 17th from 7pm to 1opm.

Of the half dozen guest writers LA Streetsblog will be featuring in the next couple of weeks, perhaps none is as accomplished as Dan Koeppel.  In addition to his various freelance works, including the amazing piece in Bicycling Magazine earlier this year on L.A.'s "D.I.Y Bike Culture;" Koeppel has also written the Banana Book about what he terms, "the world's most endangered and dangerous fruit."

Hey Folks, Damien's wife is having (or just had) a baby. That means Streetsblog Los Angeles is going to have a somewhat erratic publishing schedule for the next few weeks.