Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Cartoon Tuesday

NASCAR: Why Is It Not Done on Thousands of Bicycles Last week The Onion had a running gag that it was "sold to the Chinese" and all articles were written by staff as though they were official Chinese government proclamations about American culture.  While there were several things to chortle about, my favorite article was […]

Image: Adsoftheworld.com Paging all bike shop owners, Here’s an innovative idea from a bike shop in Sweden.  Who are the best people to target for new bikes during the "off season?"  How about drivers who have just gotten a parking ticket?  To read all the details about this innovative marketing campaign, click here.

After reading about a new Pew Poll that found 88 percent of Americans believe they can’t live without a car, I couldn’t help thinking of this cartoon from John Akre — who also gave us Cars for Hats. Car dependence has never looked so terrifying.

Today’s toon combo comes to us via the Times’ By Design blog, where Allison Arieff has posted a paean to Steven M. Johnson, an inventor, author, cartoonist and former urban planner described by Arieff as "a sort of R. Crumb meets R. Buckminster Fuller." Many of Johnson’s "whimsical musings" are transportation related, and at least […]

If you’re in need of a little comic relief today, try this seemingly subversive pro-jaywalking message from the Muppets.

Usually, I just syndicate the weekly Cartoon Tuesday post from my friends to the east, but with them mired in fare hike and service cut hell, they just don’t seem as jovial these days.  Thus, I’m left to my own devices and struck gold with my first look when I stumbled on the exact opposite […]