Damien Newton
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Last Training for L.A. Bike Count, Today!
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Los Angeles Bike and Pedestrian Count Is Next Tuesday, September 10th & Saturday, September 14th – 60 Shifts Still Need to Be Covered Who Gets Counted Counts! Thanks to your help, we have filled over 85% of our volunteer shifts for the bike and ped count, which means we just need roughly 60 shifts […]
Go SOLAR at the ArtNight Pasadena Bicycle Ride!
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On Friday, October 11th, embrace the evening by bicycle and explore Pasadena’s incredible collection of art galleries and museums, all open and free to the public. C.I.C.L.E. will be making stops at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Side Streets Project and the Pasadena History Museum. Stimulate your […]
Proyecto Jardin – Food Grower’s Collective
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Proyecto Jardin is a community garden in the heart of Boyle Heights, we are currently recruiting for the Fall Cycle of the Food Growers Collective. Join us for a General Information Session at Proyecto Jardin on September 14th to learn about the Food Growers Collective and how to become part of the fall cycle. Saturday, September 14, […]
Is CEQA Reform Truly on Its Way? If It Is, Should We Be Happy or Worried?
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California Forward released this video last November making the case for CEQA reform on transportation issues. There are nine days left in the legislative session in Sacramento, and there is still no vote scheduled in the Assembly on SB 731, Senator Darrell Steinberg’s efforts to “reform” California’s landmark environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality […]
Los Angeles Needs You for Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts
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“I never see people ride on the existing bike lane, why should we extend it?” “The census shows that less than 1% of people bicycle, even if a new bike lane doubles the amount of people biking, it’s not worth losing a travel lane/parking lane.” “Nobody walks in my neighborhood.” As advocates, you are likely […]
The Los Angeles Times Wonders What Can Be Done About Freeway Pollution
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The Los Angeles Times published a remarkable editorial today questioning why so little is done about the public health crisis caused by Southern California’s reliance on freeway travel. However, either because of confusion or lack of will, the editorial stops short of proposing any real solutions to the crisis. It merely note it exists. The first […]
Damian Kevitt Back on a Bike as Hit and Run Bill Moves to Senate Floor
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On February 17, Damian Kevitt was struck by a mini-van in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle. Kevitt was caught on the hood until the driver took off towards an I-5 ramp. Kevitt was sucked under the car and dragged for over 600 feet. His life was spared, in part because an alert driver used […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Our August vacation from doing “The Week in Livable Streets Events” is over. We’re back with a short week featuring LACBC training for bicycle and pedestrian counts, a meeting on bike safety issues with the LAPD in the Valley and more! We will talk more about the importance of bike and ped. counts tomorrow, but […]
Meeting with Valley LAPD to Discuss Bike Safety Issues
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Our Valley meeting with LAPD is tomorrow Tuesday evening, 6:00 p.m. at the LAPD Van Nuys Division Police Station, 6240 Sylmar Avenue, Van Nuys (818-374-9500) in the Roll Call room. If you haven’t already sent a RSVP, please do so now so your name is on the list at the desk. DIRECTIONS Enter up the stairs from the Mall entrance (west […]
LACBC Bike Count Training
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Los Angeles Bike and Pedestrian Count on September 10th & 14th – Volunteers Needed in the Valley and South L.A. Who Gets Counted Counts! Have you ever heard someone complain that they never see people on bikes on a certain street? Or that nobody walks in L.A.? Well, help LACBC and Los Angeles Walks collect data to see just […]
Caltrans District 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee
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The next Caltrans District 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC7) Meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 27, 2013, 9:30 am -11:30 am. There are several items already proposed. Please feel free to offer any items that you would like covered. Here are the tentative items so far: 1. Angeles Crest Highway Chip Seal project. 2. City […]