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Sgt. Krumer out, four new LAPD bike liaisons in
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There are big changes under way in the way the LAPD deals with the bicycling community. In a meeting last Thursday with departmental representatives and civilian members of the department’s Bike Task Force, as well a handful of other bike advocates/activists, former bike liaison Sgt. David Krumer and Operations Commander Matt Blake laid out the […]
Hide Evidence of Your Daughter’s Fatal Hit and Run, Get Less Than Two Days of Jail Time
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via Biking in L.A.: But one thing sure to get a lot of cyclists’ blood boiling is the news that Steven Rush, sentenced to a wrist-caressing 10 days in jail for helping his daughter Dominique hide evidence in the heartless hit-and-run death of 17-year old cyclist Alex Romero, is already out from behind bars. According to (bike lawyer) […]
Unanimous BAC Votes for More Time to Review Draft Bike Plan
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The Bike Writer’s Collective huddles at last night’s B.A.C Meeting. Photo: Stephen Box/Facebook It may have been a few months late, but last night’s review of the proposed new bike plan by the Bicycle Advisory Committee had enough fireworks for the fourth of July. From BAC Chair Glenn Bailey to a small, but passionate group […]
Streetsblog Investigation Uncovers Secret Quasi-Governmental Cycling Organization
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A meeting of the B.A.C earlier this year. Photo: Ubrayj02/Flickr Okay, so the Bicycle Advisory Committee isn’t really a secret. But it might as well be. Stop any cyclist on the street and ask about the BAC. Chances are, you’ll be greeted with a blank stare – or insistence that he or she can still […]
Byrne-ing down the house: A Lively Discussion on Bikes and Livability
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Byrne and bike in NYC. Photo: Coromandal In the end, it really wasn’t about David Byrne. Even though it was billed as An Evening With David Byrne, anyone who attended last Friday’s panel discussion at the Aratani/Japan American Theater in Little Tokyo expecting rock star insights from the former Talking Head and current Bicycle Diaries […]
Introducing Today’s Guest Writer: Ted Rogers
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Ted Rogers (left), aka BikingInLA, with some unidentified guy in a bike jersey. 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 […]
Koretz and Vahedi Debate Transportation and More at UCLA
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Since Ted Rogers has done a better job covering the CD5 Council Race than I anyway, I thought why not make it official. For the rest of his coverage, check out Biking in LA. Call it the once and future debate. This past Monday night, David Vahedi and Paul Koretz — the candidates running to replace […]