Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Safety

How a Crop of Women Activists Is Making Long Beach Safer for Bikes, Everyone

By Brian Addison | Jan 7, 2013 | No Comments

We keep getting safer here in Long Beach—and as a rather stereotypical boy whose palate leans towards danger and risk (or what my fair counterparts rightfully call stupidity), this makes me happy. And it was of no shock to me that the first ever all-female class of League Cycling Instructors (LCI) accredited by the League […]

Long Beach Unveils Plan to Make “Most Bike Friendly City” the Safest Too

By Brian Addison | Dec 21, 2012 | 3 Comments

Glance to the right of this article and you’ll see ads geared towards bike safety. Sift through the work of this site and you’ll find endless accounts of dooring, commuter frustration, measures to keep one safe, how to “properly” ride a bicycle, riding on sidewalks… The list is as exhaustive as it is important despite […]

Let There Be Light: Operation Firefly Lands in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 14, 2012 | 6 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I feel naked riding a bike at night without lights. On the few occasions I have found myself out later than expected or sporting dead batteries, images of the myriad unpleasant ways in which I was sure I was going to die played in my head the whole way […]

High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road

By Anne Lutz Fernandez | Jun 26, 2012 | No Comments

America’s roads have suddenly become dangerous places for America’s children. At least, that’s what’s suggested by a flurry of viral stories involving kids and cars. In May, an inebriated Florida couple made news when they took their granddaughter for a joy ride, pulling her behind their SUV in a toy car. Then came the story […]

High-Stakes Testing: A Lesson in Texting While Driving

By Noah Kazis | May 3, 2012 | No Comments

Here’s a cool, funny, and genuinely effective public service announcement out of Belgium. According to Gizmodo, non-profit Responsible Young Drivers essentially pranked a bunch of people taking their drivers license exam. To pass, they were told, they’d have to show they could adequately send text messages while keeping control of the car.å The results, all […]

Touring the New Expo Line with the “Ethnic Media”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 20, 2012 | 29 Comments

I was invited to join other members of the “ethnic media” (Metro’s term, not mine) yesterday for a preview of the Expo Line. Set to open to the public on April 28th, trips between Culver City and downtown L.A. along the 8.6 miles of new line will be free all of next weekend. The Metro […]

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