Thank you for pulling us 4 cyclists over tonight and for giving us a lecture on safe left turns.
Thank you for letting us know that you know CVC 21202.
Thank you for making the streets safer for us cyclists by pulling us over for impeding traffic.
Thank you for taking your time and standing in the cold […]

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What is the Bill of Rights? And how many of us read it, let alone how many of us know all ten amendments? Most of us probably learned it in school and we hear it in conversations all the time.
But sometimes we take the rights of the People for granted. We are […]

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Join us at the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee’s February meeting as we urge our representatives to…ah…REPRESENT! We are meeting at the Santa Monica/Vermont Red Line station at 5:30 pm and heading to the meeting via DOT’s pride and joy, Sunset Blvd.
Minutes from the December meeting will be posted shortly.
Agenda for the February meeting will […]

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On February 2, 2008 LA Cyclists will gather at the Eco-Village for a neighborhood bike ride, all in an effort to get out the vote for Obama.
There are many issues on the table in the upcoming election but when it comes to sustainable communities and intentional living, the campaign noise gets quieter.
In fact, when the […]

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Finally a Councilmember who not only can utter the word “bicycle” but who also promotes it and tries to change the world, one bicycle at a time. Councilmember Eric Garcetti worked to bring new locker and shower facilities to encourage employees to bike to work. Now I’d love to see some bike racks […]

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Stephen wrote an Opinion piece for the LA Times on December 27th, which was edited and cut, so I’m posting the original piece, complete as it was originally submitted:
For almost two decades, Los Angeles has led the nation in traffic congestion, a dubious distinction that results from our collective commitment to getting “from here to […]

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The LATimes is running a series called “The Big Fix” in the editorial section where they ask “writers and wonks, artists and experts” to address LA’s future and the challenges we face in 2008.
Our good friend, Will Campbell, an intrepid cyclist and prolific wordsmith who represented the cycling community on the Editorial page this past […]

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Councilmember Tom LaBonge, the DWP, LADOT and the Department of Rec & Park(ing) have conspired to exclude cyclists from the Griffith Park Festival of Lights.
Little do they realize, “We ARE the Festival!”
Illuminate yourself with your brightest lights, meet at the Mulholland Fountain (Riverside & Los Feliz) @ 7:30 pm, ride at 8:00 pm.
Remember, “We ARE […]

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Originally posted on LAist by Stephen Box

Los Angeles CityBeat’s Greg Katz asks Tom LaBonge why cyclists can’t ride through the Griffith Park DWP Light Festival and Tom almost completes a sentence before simply dodging and deflecting and offering more hollow promises for the future.

Greg asks “You’re a bike advocate, a Griffith Park advocate, and you […]

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Originally posted on LAist by Stephen Box

For the past two weeks Councilmember Tom LaBonge has been proudly welcoming visitors to the 12th Annual LADWP Holiday Light Festival at Griffith Park, announcing with a straight face that this year’s Festival demonstrates the DWP’s commitment to a “Greener LA.”
Tom deserves credit for maintaining a straight face as […]

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