I missed last years No Pants Metro Ride but I’ll do my best to make it this year. The main train ride will begin with the 2:22pm Westbound Red Line at Union Station. If your birthday is between July 1st and and September 30th, board this train. If your birthday is between April 1st and [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Everything Bike & Metro’ Category
January 5th, 2010 - 8:00 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
The Case Against Bike Paths – in LA
This article appeared in LA Streetsblog on January 5th. (Anyone who was at last December’s Bike Meeting in City Hall witnessed a mini-shouting match between Enci Box and Councilman Tom LaBonge over whether or not there are “bike facilities” in LaBonge’s district. Enci conte[...]
October 27th, 2009 - 1:14 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
LA Bike Plan – Bike Lanes in Los Angeles Are Not For Me!
Bike Lanes are a deterrent for me to ride in and I oftentimes cringe when I hear people blindly supporting them without asking for enhanced safety standards and regulations. So when the LA Draft Bike Plan proposes Bike Lanes and Paths all over the city without taking into consideration what the peop[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 12:36 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan
The City of Los Angeles has a new Bike Plan on the table that is supposed to be the new guideline for the next 5 years for a bikeable LA and there is a lot of contention about the process, public participation, funding and other issues about how this plan came about, costing our taxpayers [...][...]
October 8th, 2009 - 4:54 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
A Woman’s Comfort on Our Streets
Published on LA.Streetsblog on October 6, 2009 I’m young, I’m an actor and a photographer and I’m a woman. This might be nothing unusual in Los Angeles with the exception that I’m also car free.[...]
October 3rd, 2009 - 12:34 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
Gov. Schwarzenegger Visits AltCar Expo
Stephen and I went to the AltCar Expo with Greenster Jeremy Grant and Ron Durgin. Inspired by Park[ing] Day LA, the Greensters set up a park[ing] booth and invited people to sit down, rest and enjoy the Greenster videos. The Greensters showed videos of their past three months accomplishments and jou[...]
September 1st, 2009 - 6:30 am § in Everything Bike & Metro
A Rebel Without a Car – Moving to the Right Neighborhood and Staying Car Free
This article appeared in the on-line magazine for actors The September Networker, 2009 I’m spending my summer in Australia with family and relatives and I’m amazed by the design and layout of large cities such as Melbourne and Sydney, as well as small towns like St. Arnaud and Ballarat. The stre[...]
May 5th, 2009 - 9:47 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
L.A. Was Made for Walking
Los Angeles is a beautiful city. Riding my bike through various neighborhoods I can smell the various foods from the different cultures that have settled down after long travels in a search for a better world. Riding my bike down to the beach or to the south side, I encounter communities that I woul[...]
May 1st, 2009 - 4:05 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
Cyclists “Storm the Bastille” on May Day
A bunch of us cyclists rode this morning to Van Nuys City Hall to address the lack of respect that cyclists get from our law enforcement and the lack of response and lack of responsibility we get from our City’s Leadership. Stephen summed up the meeting on SoapBoxLA and I wanted to post my w[...]
April 29th, 2009 - 5:29 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro
Storm the Bastille – Van Nuys City Hall
On the morning of April 24th a Hummer hit a young cyclist, sending him to the ER. When cyclists stopped the car to get his information, they fled the scene, running over three bikes and nearly killing several cyclists. LAPD stopped the Hummer a block later, with a bike lodged beneath it. LAPD let th[...]
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