Recent Streetsblog LA posts about AAA

The MyFigueroa! Doubters Speak: Fig Too Special for Cycletracks

By Damien Newton | Apr 17, 2013 | 12 Comments

After years of whispering in the ears of CRA and LADOT staff, and avoiding public comment, the opponents of the MyFigueroa! project to put a road diet, cycletracks, bike lanes, improved crosswalks and better transit facilities on South Figueroa street broke their public silence in the L.A. Downtown News . The basic argument against the […]

AAA Releases Bike Safety PSA at Bike Summit

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 6, 2013 | No Comments

Why would a representative from AAA be the keynote speaker at the National Bike Summit? “It may seem surprising,” admitted Bike League President Andy Clarke. And even AAA PR Director Yolanda Cade acknowledged that the 750 bicyclists in the room may be asking themselves, “‘Why is AAA here today?'” After all, she said, “We do have ‘Automobile’ […]

Give Me Three Rides to the Assembly Floor. Republican Opposition Expected.

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2011 | 6 Comments

This Friday, S.B. 910, the Three Feet Passing Law authored by Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-LB) heads to the Assembly Floor. S.B. 910 has been passing committees and the full Assembly by mostly party-line votes, but that doesn’t mean that passage is assured in two days. The California Bicycle Coalition has a sample letter to email […]

AAA Gets an Earful From Members About Equality For Bikes

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 14, 2010 | No Comments

In July of last year, when AAA launched their roadside bicycle repair service, cyclists got a warm fuzzy feeling for a minute and thought AAA was about as bike-friendly as an automobile organization could be. That bubble burst in July when AAA Mid-Atlantic President and CEO Don Gagnon editorialized that highway trust fund money should […]