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Koeppel and his book. Photo via Warwick’s Books/Flickr Of the half dozen guest writers LA Streetsblog will be featuring in the next couple of weeks, perhaps none is as accomplished as Dan Koeppel.  In addition to his various freelance works, including the amazing piece in Bicycling Magazine earlier this year on L.A.’s "D.I.Y Bike Culture;" […]

Stock photo. Not Damien’s baby! Hey Folks, Damien’s wife is having (or just had) a baby. That means Streetsblog Los Angeles is going to have a somewhat erratic publishing schedule for the next few weeks. Until we get the content flowing again, you might want to pretend you live in San Francisco or use this […]

Tuesday and Saturday – The Los Angeles County Bike Coalition begins its bike counts within city limits for the City of Los Angeles.  If the copious amount of e-mail I’ve gotten is any indication, and it is, they are still looking for volunteers.  If you have any free time, email yhendlin@ucla.org.  And for more information, […]

Image: Farm Lab With the exception of those stories that are already posted, LA Streetsblog will be dark the rest of the day while I complete the Park(ing) Day ride with whoever feels like joining me for part of the ride. Park(ing) Day is one of my favorite days of the year.  For 364 days […]

Crossing Controversy, Problems With Sewers Delay Expo By Nearly a Year (Times) New Zipcars Only Available to Students? (Daily News) Showdown Over City Budget Could Lead to Hundreds of Layoffs (Times) Duarte Creates Committee on Gold Line Extension (Pasadena Star-News) NYT: America Needs a National Anti-Texting Law Bill on Schwarzenegger’s Desk Would Test Interlock System […]

As a lot of you know, back east I worked for a group called the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a transportation reform organization that fought highway and other car traffic inducing projects and promoted Smart Growth and alternative transportation. The Campaign didn’t advocate for a favored mode of transportation, embrace a certain environmental ideology or confine […]