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• Commented on LADOT Says They're Caught in Rumor Mill about Eliminating Bicycle Lanes
  LAODT's Bruce Gilman dances backwards saying ""We had no plans to do that, It was all based on rumor, nothing that we had propagated." Of course, he wasn't at the recent LA Bicycle Advisory Committee when the LADOT's Bikeways Coordinator...
• Commented on Metro Proposes Canning Rush-Hour Bike-on-Rail Ban, Limiting Bikes Per Railcar
  At the Metro Board - Operations Committee. The proposed limit of two cyclists per car came up. I suggested that they look at the Metro as an actual "Transportation System" that services all modes. Fasana suggested Congestion Pricing but Antonovich...
• Commented on City's Bicycle Plan is 'Flawed,' Cyclists tell Transit Panel
  Danielle, Thanks for covering this meeting and for such a great article! it's gonna be the cyclists who pull the reveal on the City of Los Angeles. The shocking thing to the LADOT and to Planning is that we are...
• Commented on LAPD Sting will Focus on Speedy Sherman Oaks Drivers
  Chances are that he won't be going after speeding motorists on Van Nuys Blvd. because the speed zone cert expired on 5/13/09. This means that the City of LA if unable to use radar/laser speed limit enforcement on Van Nuys...
• Commented on Bicyclist Killed by City Truck in the West Valley
  We're unclear on when "infeasable" became an engineering standard but that's how Louise is designated. Good questions for the LADOT Bikeways staff at tomorrow night's Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting @ 7pm @ Parker Center downtown....