Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Culture

LA Isn’t the Only Place with Bike Vs Car Incidents

By Ben Fried | Jul 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

Two recent road rage incidents are all over the news in Portland. Earlier this month, a drunken man on a bike became aggravated when a driver, himself a self-described bike advocate, reprimanded the cyclist for blowing a stoplight. The cyclist threatened the driver, picking up his bike and hitting the car with it. Then this […]

Play the Lottery for Free Gasoline

By Damien Newton | Jul 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

Following the example of desperate car companies and brothel owners, Sacramento State Senator Dean Florez floated an idea to attract new people participate in the state lottery: instead of just giving away money to the winners, give away free gas! Florez tells the Times: "As we look for ways to think ‘outside the box’ to […]

Study: Highways Don’t Pay for Themselves

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2008 | 8 Comments

As debate over the merit of congestion pricing rages on throughout LA County, a new report by the Texas Department of Transportation, hardly a hotbed of anti-car radicalism, throws cold water on one of the leading arguments against road pricing: that the roads where Metro wishes to place variable tolls are already paid for by […]

Cartoon Tuesday: It’s (Not) Funny Because It’s True

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

This AM New York cartoon, currently making the rounds on e-mail, was surely a ridiculous exaggeration when first published in 2004. But it’s not as far off the mark today. As the Times reports, Florida is the latest state to start giving away free "gas for life" as a lottery prize. And though the jackpot, […]

July 4th Road Rage Crash Grabs Police and Media Attention

By Damien Newton | Jul 8, 2008 | 25 Comments

Yesterday LAist broke the story, with graphic images, of a road rage-caused crash between two experienced cyclists and an emergency room doctor with a bid of a trigger temper. Unlike past incidents, the mainstream media jumped on this story with graphic images making the story more “viewer friendly.” KNBC and CBS2 both ran stories on […]

Ad Nauseam: Auto Zone, or Twilight Zone?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

This Auto Zone ad is one for the ages. The dark ages. A young guy, who looks all of 17, is riding his bike down a rural dirt road when he comes upon an abandoned mid-1970s Ford Torino. A sign on the window reads, "if you can fix her you can have her." The kid […]

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