Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Cartoon Tuesday: A Little Inspiration from the Netherlands

By Damien Newton | Oct 20, 2009 | No Comments

Just in case I thoroughly depressed our cyclist readers with the overview of the timeline for the Draft Bike Plan, I wanted to provide some inspiration in the form of some funny and inspiring bike commercials from the Netherlands. H/t to Dave Feucht of the Streetsblog.net discussion group. Fortunately, since I can’t speak Dutch, the […]

Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

Bike lanes: In some cities people are so desperate for them they’ll go so far as to mark their own. (Editor’s note: We know.) Here in New York City, it feels like every time I get on my bike there is a new bike lane — sometimes on the left, sometimes buffered, and sometimes completely […]

Last Month’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Oct 16, 2009 | 7 Comments

Councilman Alarcon with the Family of Judy Ramos, killed on July 28 while crossing the street. While I was on paternity leave there were a lot of stories that I would have covered if I had been writing. I didn’t want to let them pass without any commentary or coverage beyond a sentence in […]

Are We Smarter Than a Third Grader? On Livable Streets, Maybe Not.

By Brad Aaron | Oct 14, 2009 | No Comments

The inspiring and, in a way, infuriating story of Elli Giammona popped up on the Streetsblog Network over the weekend. Livable streets prodigy Elli Giammona. Photo: The Missoulian Elli is a 9-year-old in Missoula, Montana who a couple of years ago began to question why she couldn’t bike to school. When her mother explained that […]

Courtroom Drama for Cyclists throughout the County

By Stephen Box | Oct 13, 2009 | 12 Comments

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 […]

LA Theaters – A View From the Streets

By Enci Box | Oct 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Look for details for the November 14th ride to this play at Illuminate L.A. A few years ago when I was part of a theater production on Santa Monica Blvd. we worked hard to fill the seats and we advertised, we passed out flyers, we called the press, we sent out notices and we invited […]

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