Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Streetsblog and Streetfilms Will Be at the Bike Summit, Will You?

By Damien Newton | Feb 24, 2009 | 5 Comments

In just over 10 days, Los Angeles will hold its first Bike Summit on Satuday, March 7 at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so by clicking here. For those of you that don’t know what the Bike Summit it is an all day gathering of cyclists from around […]

5th District City Council Candidates Talk Bikes at BikingInLA

By Damien Newton | Feb 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Recently, BikingInLA put out a challenge to the five contenders running for City Council in the Fifth District. The candidates are running to replace Jack Weiss, who is giving up his seat to seek the position of City Attorney. Three of the six candidates, Adeena Bleich, Robert Schwartz and Robyn Ritter-Simon, responded with cogent, forward-thinking […]

Senate Approves Stimulus Bill — On to Conference Committee

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate approved its version of the stimulus bill this afternoon by a 61-37 vote. Attention now turns to conference committee negotiations, where differences between the House and Senate bills will get ironed out. Politico has the scoop on who will be negotiating on the Senate side, and they’re not exactly an urban bunch: Obama’s […]

Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action!

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stim funds toward bicycle and hiking infrastructure will not help the economy or create jobs, has gone too far. He and Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma have just proposed an amendment that would kill all stimulus funds for bike and hiking trails. In […]

Traveling in the Rain…L.A. Stories

By Damien Newton | Feb 6, 2009 | 17 Comments

When I was in New York last December to meet with the NYC Streetsblog crew, they were working on a post about how the NYCDOT deals with snow and bike lanes. I chuckled to myself, at least that’s one thing we don’t have to deal with in Los Angeles. But, every now and then, it […]

New Website Bikex Wants You to Be a Bike Cop Too

By Damien Newton | Feb 5, 2009 | 11 Comments

After the city’s Bike Advisory Committee elected a new board chair and vice chair, Ed Bailey and Jay Slater, respectively, a bike advocate took the opportunity during public comment to announce a new web site designed to empower cyclists after incidents with automobiles. The Bikex Database is an online resource to identify, document, and prosecute […]

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