Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LACBC

LAPD: Nearly a Quarter of All Bike Crashes Are Hit and Runs. Help Us Cut Down on Crashes

By Damien Newton | Feb 5, 2010 | 15 Comments

Image: LAPD via Westside Bikeside A new presentation on the causes and severity of bicycle crashes, available here after being hand-scanned by Enci Box, has been made available and analyzed at Westside Bikeside by Dr Alex Thompson. Amongst the results is the above chart showing that nearly one quarter of the reported bicycle crashes in […]

Success in Pico-Union Highlighted in New Bike Parking Resource Guide

By Damien Newton | Jan 13, 2010 | No Comments

Image from LACBC’s Bike Parking Resource Guide Too often, activists undertake a successful campaign of some sort and move on to the next campaign without taking the time to document what made their efforts such a success. Not so with the recent Bike Parking Campaign in Pico-Union/Westlake undertaken by the City of Lighs/Ciudad de las […]

Bike Coalition’s Bike Count Hints at Chronic Undercounting of L.A. Cyclists

By Damien Newton | Dec 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Eric Richardson/Flickr Last week, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition announced the preliminary results for the three days of bicycle and pedestrian counts the group completed in the City of Los Angeles in late September this year. Fed up with the "official" numbers used by the City of Los Angeles, who continues to rely […]

Next Wednesday: Another Bike-Only City Council Transportation Committee Hearing

By Damien Newton | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

Via the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, next Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. will be another "bicycle heavy" Transportation Committee Hearing. There’s some new and interesting stuff on the agenda, such as a "bicycle anti-harassment ordinance," and some old friends such as an update on the Draft Bike Plan. Below is the LACBC’s email, and once […]

City, Bike Coalition, Moving on Sharrows

By Damien Newton | Aug 28, 2009 | 14 Comments

Image: C.I.C.L.E. The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition reports that funding is finally in place for the Sharrows pilot program for L.A.’s streets, half a decade after the LACBC began their Sharrows Campaign. A group of funders have pooled their dollars to fund the Sharrows on a couple of Los Angeles’ roads, but just because […]

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