Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mike Bonin

Public Safety Committee Acknowledges the Hit and Run Crisis, LAPD Not So Much.

By Don Ward | Aug 2, 2013 | 9 Comments

In Los Angeles, according to LAPD crime statistics for 2011, 1273 cyclists and pedestrians were victims of hit and run crimes. In other words every single day, 3 or 4 cyclists and pedestrians become hit and run victims within Los Angeles city limits. Of these, 26 people walking or biking died as a result of […]

Streetscast: Audio from the Streetsblog Interview with Mike Bonin

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2013 | 1 Comment

At long last, you can listen to (nearly) the entire interview with City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin. Sorry it took so long to get together, my attempts to edit out some of the background noise and make Bonin’s voice louder than my own took some time. You can read the two stories generated […]

Bonin Ready to Work on Transportation Problems Throughout L.A.’s Westside

By Damien Newton | Jul 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

(Editor’s note: We’re breaking out interview with new Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin into three parts. Yesterday focused on his role as Chair. Today focuses on local issues on the Westside’s CD 11. Monday we will post the unedited audio from the interview. Also, since we discuss the Expo Bikeway, we […]

Meet Garcetti’s New Team on the Metro Board of Directors: Bonin, Krekorian and Dupont-Walker

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2013 | 6 Comments

Earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his three appointees to the Metro Board of Directors. The Mayor’s Office controls four of the thirteen appointments to the body (Garcetti being the first himself.) The appointments include two City Council Members: Mike Bonin and Paul Krekorian, as well as Jackie Dupont-Walker, a community activist from […]

Mike Bonin Focuses on Listening to Build New Transportation Consensus in Los Angeles

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2013 | 2 Comments

(Editor’s note: We’re breaking out interview with new Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin into three parts. Today will focus on his role as Chair. Tomorrow will focus on local issues on the Westside’s CD 11. Monday we will post the unedited audio from the interview.) “Hello, my name is Mike and […]

Send Us Your Questions for City Council Transportation Committee Chair Mike Bonin

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2013 | 10 Comments

Next Tuesday morning, I’ll be joining Mike Bonin for a bus ride from the Westside to City Hall for Streetsblog’s first interview with the new City Council Transportation Committee Chair. If you have any questions you’d like us to ask him, leave them in the comments section and we’ll work them in. We have to […]

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