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Possibly doing to the religious events, and possibly because this is one of those week’s that span two months, this week is a little slow to start.  But there’s a lot of fun events on Saturday to look forward to, including the birthday party for the Valley Bikery. Monday-Tuesday – Tonight and tomorrow night, the […]

After you take a couple of days to recover from the Street Summit and the after parties, get ready for some big meetings of the Metro Board and the City Council Transportation Committee.  Then after a hard week’s activism, you can relax a little with the Tweed Ride on Saturday. Tuesday – But first…tomorrow night […]

There’s only one Concrete, WA, but concrete and asphalt are the welcome mats for towns across America. Image: Gord McKenna/Flickr. American advocates for livable streets know that our addiction to the automobile is almost without peer. We know that we’ve given our land to driving lanes and parking lots and our air to exhaust fumes. […]

Back in the day, I used to occasionally write "Bike Weekend" posts when there were multiple great events going on at the same time. Ever since I started writing "The Week in Livable Streets Events" on Monday, I’ve stopped doing those. However, this weekend there are three events going on across the city, at nearly […]

Last year, the ArtCycle event was one of the best examples of Angelenos embracing bike culture, the local art scene and their community.  Last year ArtCycle featured a series of group rides visiting local art studios, a block party in Hel-Mel, and several different film makers shooting videos including Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson who shot the […]

Tomorrow, Metro will be hosting the much discussed Town Hall meeting with Senator Barbara Boxer and USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood about the priorities for the next reauthorization of the Federal Transportation Trust Fund. LA Streetsblog will be in attendance to provide the best coverage we can. Given that the first press conference, held by advocacy […]