Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Why Are Cyclists Included in Distracted Driving Bill?

By Matthew Roth | Mar 5, 2010 | 42 Comments

Photo: markofphotography A bill introduced last month by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who has been a steady advocate for reducing the dangers of distracted driving, would increase first-time and repeat fines for drivers who text while driving or who don’t use hands-free devices, and would extend the prohibition of cell phone use to […]

Times Writes on a Day in the Life of a Bike Riding Day Laborer

By Damien Newton | Mar 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Ramon Martinez, Jose Guzman, Hector Tobar and other Volunteers at City of Lights’ downtown bike repair space. Photo: City of Lights This morning, while preparing "Today’s Headlines" I came across a story in the Times about cyclist Jose Guzman, our friend Ramon Martinez and a day in the life of a day laborer on a […]

National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up

By Noah Kazis | Mar 1, 2010 | No Comments

NHTS data from 2001 and 2009 shows a major increase in sustainable transportation. Image via Mobilizing the Region. Between 2001 and 2009, the number of trips that Americans made in cars dropped by more than four percent, with walking, bicycling and transit use picking up the slack, according to new data from the U.S. Department […]

Bike Stations Open in Covina and Claremont

By Damien Newton | Feb 26, 2010 | 6 Comments

Not all of the bicycling news happened in Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday. The cities of Covina and Claremont both opened Bikestations. Each city is now the proud owner of a two hundred fifty square foot facility adjacent to their Metrolink Stations, designed to make it easier for people to walk or bike either […]

Chief Beck Brings His Olive Branch to “Town Hall” with Cyclists

By Damien Newton | Feb 25, 2010 | 13 Comments

Beck gets sworn in last December. Photo: View from a Loft/Flickr (Editor’s note: Ari Bloomekatz also has full coverage of the meeting at LA Now.) Yesterday evening, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger attended a meeting of the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee to respond to questions and concerns of the […]

Riders Head to City Hall – Live Tweeting the Chief Beck Town Hall with Cyclists

By Damien Newton | Feb 24, 2010 | 1 Comment

About forty cyclists took part in the rally and bike ride to city hall in support of Ed Magos, the cyclist maimed in a hit and run Downtown by a Porsche Cayene last month. After a brief rally, the group headed down to City Hall to take part in the City Council Transportation Committee featuring […]

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