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BICYCLE HEADLINES LOCAL BIKE HEADLINES  AURISHA SMOLARSKI INTERVIEWED ABOUT NEW SHARROWS IN LA LACBC staff member Aurisha Smolarski gets interviewed by Patrick Healy on KNBC Channel 4 regarding the new sharrows in Los Angeles. Watch the video. - Posted 5 April 2010 LA RIVER RIDE ARTICLE IN MOMENTUM MAGAZINE Bike, For Bike's Sake! - 10th Annual Los Angeles River Ride Read the Momentum Magazine article by LACBC's Los Angeles River Ride Director Janette (JJ) Hoffman. - Posted 5 April 2010 CITY OF LIGHTS FEATURED IN SPANISH LANGUAGE DAILY PAPER Spanish language newspaper VIVELOHOY publishes article about LACBC's City of Lights program. Read the story... - Posted 5 April 2010 UNFAIR TREATMENT OF CYCLISTS INVOLVED IN HIT-AND-RUNS LACBC held a bike ride and rally to protest the continuous unfair treatment of cyclists involved in hit-and- runs. The ride was to highlight one of the recent incidents involving fellow cyclists, Ed Magos. The route took riders downtown in time for the LA City Council Transportation committee meeting where Chief Charlie Beck and Councilmember Rosendahl held a "town hall" meeting discussion with cyclists. Related media coverage: In a first, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck vows to better protect cyclists, train officers on biker rights. Bicyclists plan ride in downtown L.A. to protest 'unfair treatment'. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck vows to better protect cyclists. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck vows to better protect cyclists. Riders Head to City Hall - Live Tweeting the Chief Beck Town Hall with Cyclists. Aurisha Rallies the Troops Before Ed Magos Ride on 2/24/10. Los Angeles cyclists demand protection. Driver Walks From Possible Hit-And-Run Case; Bicyclists Plan Protest Ride. LAPD Chief Beck Backs Bicyclists Following Controversial Collision. Apparently, You Can Get Away with Hit & Runs These Days. Apparently, You Can Get Away with Hit & Runs These Days. LA police chief to cyclists: 'We need to do a better job for you'. - Posted 1 March 2010 CYCLISTS IN THE CITY: The 2-wheeled army demands its rights! Check out the Southern California Public Radio audio and article. Several guests talk about the L.A. City bicycle master plan. - Posted 25 February 2010 BICYCLISTS CALL FOR STRICTER HIT-AND-RUN PENALITIES Check out the Southern California Public Radio online article and video. - Posted 5 February 2010 4th STREET BIKE BOULEVARD ARTICLE Better Bikeways: Turning a City Street Into a Bike Corridor. Read the GOOD BLOG article. - Posted 3 February 2010 ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE The media responds to the City Council Meeting regarding the Anti-Harassment Ordinance addressing bicyclist safety. Included are quotes from LACBC's Aurisha Smolarski. LA TImes - L.A. to study ways to protect bicyclists, considers 'bill of rights'. Examiner - Tempering LAs road rage. Daily News - City Council joins in battle to protect cyclists' rights. - Posted 28 January 2010 JEN KLAUSNER QUOTED IN THE LA TIMES LACBC Executive Director Jen Klausner is quoted in an LA TImes article regarding the Long Beach bike lanes. - Posted 26 January 2010 CITY OF LIGHTS BIKE PARKING Read the article New Bike Racks in Pico Union in the USC Annenburg Digital News. - Posted 26 January 2010 SUCCESS IN PICO-UNION HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW BIKE PARKING RESOURCE GUIDE LACBC City of Lights' Bike Parking Community Resource Guide is commended in Streetblog article. - Posted 13 January 2010 CITY OF LIGHTS VOTED BEST NEW GROUP OF 2009 BY STREETSBLOG LACBC City of Lights receives a Streetblog 2009 Streetsie Award for "New Group of the Year." - Posted 13 January 2010 CH 7 NEWS PIECE ON ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE ...L.A. City Council's public safety committee considered a proposal on Monday to make it illegal for motorists to harass bicyclists... LACBC Staff Member Aurisha Smolarski is quoted in the KABC article and appears in the accompanying video. - Posted 12 January 2010 LACBC AND OTHER ADVOCATES ON KPFK BIKE TALK SHOW To listen to LACBC and other advocates discuss the LA Bike Plan on the KPFK 90.7 FM Bike Talk Show follow this link to the Tuesday, December 29, 2009 show listing and click Play. - Posted 8 January 2010 PROJECT WOULD SHUT STREETS FOR BICYCLISTS A KABC article and video covering the idea of closing, on Sundays, certain streets to motor vehicle traffic and allowing only bicycles and pedestrians. LACBC was instrumental in initiating this concept, called Ciclovia, for Los Angeles. Ciclovia originated in Columbia and has been done in New York , Chicago, San Francisco and Portland. LACBC Board member Stephen Villavaso comments in both the article and video. - Posted 12 November 2009 BIKES AND CARS Several articles at latimes.com regarding bikes and cars sharing the road include comments by LACBC Board Member Ron Durgin and LACBC Campaign Director Aurisha Smolarski. Bikes and cars: Can we share the road? How to minimize accidents between autos and bicycles. Bicyclists should stay on the defensive to stay safe. L.A.-area biking resources. - Posted 3 November 2009 GREAT PRESS FROM THE LA BIKE COUNT We got a lot of great press from the LA Bike Count, including KPCC, LA Downtown News, KCRW, The Argonaut, and USC Annenberg Radio. Thank you volunteers for making it happen! - Posted 1 October 2009 STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION Damien Newton - Streetsblog Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA, USA The LACBC always has a bunch of plates spinning in the air, so I caught up with LACBC staff Aurisha Smolarski and Dorothy Le to find out everything that's... Read the LA.STREETSBLOG.ORG interview. - Posted 16 July 2009 BICYCLE COALITION LOOKING INTO A VULNERABLE USER LAW FOR CA Zach Behrens - laist.com We would like to see CA adopt a Vulnerable User Law, which protects cyclists, pedestrians, highway workers, skateboarders, and other vulnerable road users... Read the laist.com article. - Posted 16 July 2009 BIKES ON METRO Transit officials pave way for more bikes on trains. Read or listen to the Southern California Public Radio article... - Posted 15 July 2009 BICYCLISTS CAN REVIEW PROPOSED NEW BIKE LANES FOR L.A LACBC and the LA City Bike Plan. Read the LA Times blog... - Posted 9 June 2009 LACBC ENCOURAGES BICYCLE RIDERS OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS TO JOIN RIVER RIDE Los Angeles, June 1, 2009 - The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) urges all bicycle riders in the Los Angeles area to 'Ride out the Recession' this year by joining the L.A. River Ride, one of the county's best loved annual bicycling events scheduled for Sunday, June 7. Read the LACBC press release... - Posted 2 June 2009 LOS ANGELES BICYCLISTS THREATENED BY UNSAFE MOTORISTS LACBC submitted an op-ed article to the LA Times today, regarding recent LAPD, motorist and cyclist relations. - Posted 20 May 2009 CYCLISTS VOICE CONCERNS A number of cyclists as well as LACBC's Jen Klausner, Dorothy Le and Aurisha Smolarski voice their concerns at the LA City Council special meeting, May 18, 2009, regarding the threat to cut bikeway funding. Watch the video... - Posted 19 May 2009 CAR-FREE FRIDAY IN LOCAL NEWS Article in the Daily News - 25 Apr 09: LOS ANGELES
Friday not so free: "Car Free Friday" was not exactly car-free in Los Angeles Friday, but another effort to get commuters to go green will be held next month. The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition was behind Friday's event to encourage commuters to bicycle to work. Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyse joined cycliusts in MacArthur Park to hand out bicycle lights and provide Spanish-speaking cyclists with safety information. Reyes became the fourth council member to bike to City Hall. Car-free Fridays are held the last Friday of every month, so the next one will be May 29. Bike to Work Week will be held May 11-17, according to the Bicycle Coalition. LACBC Kicks Off "City of Lights" Outreach Program Read article at la.streetsblog.org It's "Car-Free Friday" Read article at www.nbclosangeles.com KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: BICYCLE LICENSE NEWS Recently, some cyclists were ticketed for not having a bicycle license, even though the moratorium had been in place for over three months. We would like to inform you about your rights regarding the City of LA Bicycle License, so that you are prepared if you are ever asked about or stopped for not having a bicycle license. Background: The City of Los Angeles issued a moratorium in January 2009 on the Bicycle License Law. The moratorium states that the Bicycle License law that had previously required LA cyclists to obtain a bicycle license, will no longer be enforceable. Here is the link to the exact language of the moratorium: http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2008/08-2944_ca_01-27-09.pdf According to the LAPD, cyclists can not be ticketed for not having a license anymore. If you ever get stopped by LAPD here's what you can do:
http://laist.com/2009/03/27/lapd_drops_tickets_for_cyclists_rid.php - Posted April 2009 CYCLIST-INVOLVED HIT AND RUN The Santa Monica Police Department needs your assistance in identifying and locating a vehicle involved in a felony hit and run traffic collision. Read more... - Posted 23 Jan 2009 BICYCLE LICENSE Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition applauds successful moratorium of L.A. bicycle licensing law. Read the LACBC press release... See also earlier commentary... No Listing No Listing |
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