LA Times article on Long Beach:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere26-2010jan26,0,2379007,full.story
Archive for the ‘Bicycle’ Category
The most bicycle friendly city in America
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Verdict in the Mandeville Canyon Car vs. Bike road rage trial
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Monday found Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson guilty of assaulting cyclists by abruptly stopping his car in front of them on a hilly Los Angeles County road last year.
On Wednesday (Dec 2nd), local NPR reporter Mandalit Del Barco covered the aftermath of the story and the bigger picture of road rage against cyclists.
Long Beach Livability Leap
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Joe Linton on Streetsblog details the progress Long Beach is making with Bikeways. They seem to be very active.
Cities, Bikes and the Future of Getting Around
Monday, September 14th, 2009The Library Foundation of LA hosts a series of talks called ALOUD. David Byrne, musician and bicycle activist, is hosting this one on Friday Oct 2nd. Should be a great discussion of biking in LA!
Check out the details at:
http://www.lfla.org/calendar/?month=10&year=2009&type=aloud_centrallib#10-02-2009
Get Sum Dim Sum
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Flying Pigeon LA hosts monthly cruiser rides from Highland Park:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flying-pigeon1-2009sep01,0,4841722.story
Boston Becoming Bike-Friendly
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Bicycle-Friendly Laws in Idaho
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Idaho law “allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, and red lights as stop signs”:
http://bicycling.com/blogs/roadrights/2009/07/28/a-stop-sign-solution/
Bike Valet Programs
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009An article in Time magazine on the emergence of bike valet programs in Southern California:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625309,00.html
Bike sharing in New York City
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009NYC is running an experiment in bike sharing this summer:
Bike Sharing Program in China
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009See how other cities have started to create a bike friendly city. China now has a Bike-Sharing Program.
http://dirt.asla.org/2009/07/31/hangzhou-to-expand-bike-sharing-program-to-50000-bikes/