Stephen Box
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Courtroom Drama for Cyclists throughout the County
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The trial of Dr, Christopher Thompson begins today, but there are other cases worth watching. The wheels of justice grind slowly and sometimes it’s hard to believe that the system is working but a survey of the legal landscape in LA County reveals that there are several cases working that should be of great interest […]
Where’s the Bike Parking at the New LAPD HQ?
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The largest and most expensive police building in the United States is about to be dedicated and as the world watches, the LAPD’s ignorance of basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards will be revealed. The new headquarters are located across the street from LA’s City Hall and the 10-story, 500,000-square-foot building has a […]
Bike Working Group Gives Cyclists a Chance to Talk Bike Plan This Weekend
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Alex Thompson presents the Bicycling Bill of Rights. Photo: Stephen Box (update: The LA Bike Working Group event to review the Bike Plan has had to change time and venue. The new location and time is Saturday, 2pm, at the Hollywood Adventist Church, 1711 N. Van Ness Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028. We’ll be in the […]
Zócalo – from the sublime to the ridiculous!
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Directions to the Skirball from its official website. There are some transit directions at the bottom. On Wednesday evening, Zócalo will host an evening entitled "The Curse of Oil" at the Skirball Center and featuring a discussion with Peter Maass, New York Times Magazine writer and author of Crude World, all in a demonstration of […]
Car Is Still King at Alt-Car Expo
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(editor’s note: There are a couple of great videos after the jump.) Santa Monica’s AltCar Expo made it crystal clear, from a distance and in the parking lot, "The Car is King" and all else receives a token gesture and comes in a distant second. I attended the 4th Annual AltCar Expo misunderstanding the concept […]
L.A.’s Draft Bike Plan Enters “Civic Enragement” Phase
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Image: labikeplan.org LA’s Draft Bike Plan is a huge document of thin ambition, that relies on controversy over process to distract from the fact that it lacks vision, it lacks substance, and it lacks the teeth necessary to bring about any change The Draft Bike Plan was released last week, an hour before the end […]
Ride Report: The Crenshaw Crush
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Sunday’s Crenshaw Crush drew cyclists from all over the city to Leimert Park, home of the Drum Circle, for a bike ride that introduced riders to the history, the culture, the politics and the people of the Crenshaw District. Aubrey Provost, the 8th Council District representative on the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, has spent years […]
Greensters Wrap Film and Start a Revolution
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This video is close captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing. Three weeks ago I asked the world for help in fulfilling Rebel Without A Car Production‘s commitment to producing a film sustainably. Our goal was to shoot locally and in partnership with the community. It all seemed so doable when we were brainstorming […]
Transit Coalition Backs Cyclists Right to Rail Cars
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(Stephen Box has been leading the charge for a better bike plan on Metro trains than the "two bikes per car " rule that was proposed earlier this month. In this post he updates us on his efforts to build consensus for a better plan. Over the weekend he got a bevy of support from […]