A proposal to charge $150 annual bicycle “license” fee was abruptly tabled last night in the middle of public comment being heard by the Northridge West Neighborhood Council board.[...]
Archive for the ‘Everything Bike & Metro’ Category
April 16th, 2011 - 7:12 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
Northridge West NC Tables “Ridiculous” $150 Annual Bicycle License Proposal
January 9th, 2011 - 11:15 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Bike Talk Benefit
Saturday night, Bike Talk Benefit will support KillRadio.org, so they can can continue to support cyclists’ voices and promote cycling as an alternative to driving fossil fueled vehicles. Rock out to music by Telematique, DJ Trickmilla, view B.I.K.E. movie, Bike Porn with Chloe, enjoy Bike Art[...]
August 20th, 2010 - 10:13 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Bikeside Speaks Pt. 2, Disposable Film Fest and After Party!
By Alex Thompson Bikeside Speaks will join forces with Cynergy, Specialized, and the Disposable Film Festival to throw a triple-header bash in Santa Monica. Saturday, August 21st, at 6:30pm sharp Bikeside Speaks will kick off a night of bikes, films, and P.A.R.T.Y! 6:30pm – 8:30pm Bikeside Speaks![...]
August 18th, 2010 - 8:36 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Mayor’s Bike Summit – a bit of hope, a bit of frustration
LA’s Mayor and highest ranking cyclist, Antonio Villaraigosa, hosted LA’s city sponsored Bike Summit in the Metro’s Board Room, drawing an expectant crowd of about 300 cyclists, all eager to hear of the Mayor’s new-found sensitivity to cyclists on the streets. Just one month ago, Villaraigos[...]
July 27th, 2010 - 4:39 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
LA Beyond Cars
LA BEYOND CARS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON RAIL AND PUBLIC SPACE: WHAT IF WE COULD CHANGE OUR CITY? WHAT IF WE COULD ALTER THE TIME IT TAKES TO TRAVEL TO WORK? CAN PUBLIC OPEN SPACE TRAVERSE TRAIN TRACKS AND CONNECT DEVIDED COMMUNITIES? CAN TRANSIT STATIONS CREATE NEW HUBS FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES? WIL[...]
July 26th, 2010 - 11:37 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
Blood In Protest Rides on Tuesday and Friday
On Tuesday, July 27th, and Friday, July 30th, cyclists will gather at the Beverly Hills Courthouse to protest the tepid sentence handed down by Judge Elden S. Fox for Celine Mahdavi. Mahdavi hit cyclist Louis Deliz and left him to die in the street on December 1st, 2009; Deliz was hospitalized for[...]
June 14th, 2010 - 10:00 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
How to Lock up Your Bike & How to Bike Racks
This article appeared in LA Streetsblog in June, 2010 Last month I wrote an article about how important bike parking is in our urban environment. As long as there is no standard in bike parking in our city, riding a bike will continue to be considered a sport not a transportation solution. Since the[...]
June 3rd, 2010 - 4:23 pm § in Community, Everything Bike & Metro
Thank you Friends and thank you Trader Joe’s!
Thank you my friends for calling in, boycotting, facebooking and tweeting about the Hollywood/Vine Trader Joe’s not providing bike parking. Our efforts have paid off and Trader Joe’s finally installed some beautiful racks! Cyclists and local residents are now welcome to ride their bikes [...]
May 31st, 2010 - 1:47 pm § in Community, Everything Bike & Metro
LA Critical Mass cuffed & tackled – Storm the Bastille! – Tuesday evening
If you are a witness, a victim, or just generally concerned with LAPD’s infringement on cyclist’s rights and/or if you were at last Friday’s LA Critical Mass ride, please attend the LA’s City Council’s Bicycle Advisory Committee this Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 7pm. Hollywood Ne[...]
May 28th, 2010 - 10:14 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Bikeside Presents at Caltrans 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee
Today’s Caltrans Bicycle Advisory Committee kicked off with a brown-bag session of Bikeside presentations of Hit & Run incidents by Sara Bond, the LA Bike Map by Alex Thompson and the Greensters by Enci Box. This two hour session attracted many folks from Caltrans, SCAG (Southern California As[...]
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