Recent Streetsblog LA posts about car free

KPCC Wants Your Car-Free Stories

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

Public Radio station KPCC, 89.3 on your radio dial, is looking for stories about car-free living and the fiscal impact of owning and riding a bike instead of driving a car. I’ve heard some people worry that Streetsblog and similar websites end up becoming an echo-chamber for like minded people; well here’s a chance to […]

Lakers Parade Shows Us L.A. Can Have Ciclovia

By Damien Newton | Jun 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

I would have preferred more people, but they were crowded at the end of the block. For anyone that’s so interested in the Livable Streets Movement that they missed the results of the NBA Finals, the Lakers beat the Magic on Sunday and yesterday the city celebrated with a mostly privately funded victory parade and […]

How About a Car-Free Lincoln Park

By Damien Newton | May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

Parking in the grass is no way to share a public space. Photo: Ubrayj02 Anyone that’s read the Streetsblog comments section is familar with Ubrayj02 or Umberto Brayj. Not everyone has made the connection that Ubrayj is Josef Bray-Ali in real life, and he has an impressive track record of advocacy in his own right […]

LACBC Kicks Off “City of Lights” Outreach Program

By Damien Newton | Apr 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Poster by Joe Linton This morning the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition rode their fourth monthly "Car-Free Friday." The now-familiar trappings were there, a smattering of media showing up to catch an image of dozens of cyclists with the local City Councilmember, this time Ed Reyes. However, as great as the Car-Free Friday progam is, […]

New York Gives Us a Broad Vision of Change

By Damien Newton | Feb 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

The word "change" gets thrown around a lot these days, yet a lot of people still have trouble picturing what "change" would look like when it comes to transportation. Change is about more than increasing the number of buses and painting sharrows; it’s a vision of reclaiming streets for people instead of cars. Today, the […]