Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LACBC

StreetProfile : Alexis Lantz

By Damien Newton | Oct 15, 2010 | 9 Comments

This is our second in our new e-interview series. The first was with Melissa Hebert of LAX Car Share. If there’s an advocate or personality that you think we should interview, please drop me a line at damien@streetsblog.org Alexis Lantz was recently named the “Planning and Policy Director” of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition […]

City of Lights Success: New LADOT Bike Parking at Day Labor Center in Pico-Union

By Damien Newton | Oct 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Allison Mannos from the LACBC’s City of Lights Program and Allison Mannos and Councilman Ed Reyes Install Bike Parking at the CARECEN Day Laborers Center How long does it take to install a bicycle rack? Once you have a place selected, all the tools, and funding to install it, installing a bicycle rack takes about […]

Push for 3 Foot Passing Law Finds a New Booster

By Damien Newton | Aug 25, 2010 | 15 Comments

It’s a sign of how far cycling has come in City Hall in a short time. Could you have pictured a Mayoral press conference where LADOT General Manager Rita Robinson and LAPD Leadership are literally standing in Roadblock’s shadow just a couple of months ago? Photo: LADOT Bike Blog At least eleven states have laws […]

Round 2: Sharrows Appear on the “4th Street Bike Boulevard”

By Damien Newton | Jun 16, 2010 | 15 Comments

Via Danceralamode/twitter In what has to be a double victory for the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition, reports are coming in that Sharrows are appearing on 4th Street in the Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown areas. The LACBC hasn’t just been the leader in pushing for Sharrows on the street, but also in turning 4th Street, a […]

Here’s the Top Ten Slogans for the “Bike Awareness” Poster Contest. What’s Your Favorite?

By Don Ward | May 12, 2010 | 16 Comments

Over 500 slogans have been submitted to the Bike Safety Slogan Contest being organized by the un-likely (some would say un-holy) coalition of the LAPD, the LACBC, MidnightRidazz.com, and the LADOT. These groups have been working with the City of Los Angeles to procure ad spaces in bus shelters and Public Amenity Kiosks (PAK.) The […]

A Decade of the River Ride

By JJ Hoffman | May 11, 2010 | 7 Comments

Cyclists relax after the 2008 River Ride. Photo from LA Streetsblog Flickr Pool (I’ll be out of town for the River Ride this year. Instead of the normal Streetsblog review I asked the LACBC to help me write a preview of the 2010 River Ride. – DN) Join us Sunday June 6, 2010 for the […]

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