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Luck, and Un-luck 11 Jun 2010 | 01:05 am
I've been working in Beautiful Downtown Burbank this week so I haven't been getting my daily constitutionals on the bike. I miss that. But I know the rest of you early-adopters are out there, building...
A Bike Commuter's Wet Dream 1 Jun 2010 | 05:37 am
My brother lives in downtown L.A. I've been visiting him a lot lately and I was thinking today about riding from Santa Monica, where I live, to downtown L.A. where my brother lives. I thought I'd try...
Step, Baby, Step 30 May 2010 | 04:56 am
In thinking about sustainability and urban design, I'm not sure how change on a massive scale comes about. Catastrophe is certainly an attention-getter, but with the outcomes being pretty unpredictabl...
Distracted Drivers & Korean Cards 27 May 2010 | 03:07 am
I often profess my guy/policy/cabinet-member crush on Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. I just have never seen someone at his level so proactive in the interests of bike riders and other alterna...
Bike Week L.A. 22 May 2010 | 05:34 am
So it's Bike Week all across the land, and if you haven't noticed boy you must have your head under a rock! What with everyone leaving their cars at home and the transformation of our urban landscape...
Scrapers, Excuses and Reasons for Hope 16 May 2010 | 07:02 pm
Man I have been gone a looong time. But I still see bike stuff I love and maybe I'll pull it together and get this going again. I started another blog recently out of, I don't know, desperation? My...
Angel Face, CM & a Horse 14 Nov 2009 | 06:34 am
Jared Leto has a band. If I were a gorgeous movie star, screw it, I'd have a band too... OK, so I met Jared in passing on Fight Club and Panic Room and when he was going to do this video it came my w...
Ciclovia, CicLAvia & Bogota 5 Nov 2009 | 05:58 pm
I just read an article in the LA Times on a movement here in LA to bring Bogota's "ciclovia" to our sunny streets. As the article says, "Ciclovia was born in the Colombian city of Bogota 30 years ago...
Dicks, Jerks & Scofflaws 5 Nov 2009 | 02:49 pm
KPCC spent some time on car/bike relations yesterday in response to the conviction of Dr. Dickwad who pulled in front of some bike riders and then slammed on his brakes sending them to the ER as his w...
El Porvenir, Clean Water and Bike Commuting 25 Oct 2009 | 04:38 am
OK, I’ll get right to the point. El Porvenir is a small, grassroots organization that helps local communities build clean water and sanitation facilities for themselves in the rural areas of Nicaragua...
