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Biking Directions to this Thursday’s Janette Sadik-Khan talk

Posted on March 17, 2010 by linton — 1 Comment ↓

It’s finally nearly here – tomorrow, New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan speaks at Occidental College! She’ll be receiving an honorary degree, and delivering the Antoinette and Vincent M. Dungan Lecture on Energy and the Environment – telling the…

Tagged with: bicycles, directions, Janette Sadik-Khan, Keck Theater
Posted in Farm to School

Announcing Bike/Ped Summit Keynote: Janette Sadik-Khan

Posted on November 16, 2009 by linton — 2 Comments ↓

We don’t have all the details worked out, but we’ve got some great news for the 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit: our keynote speaker will be Janette Sadik-Khan! Sadik-Khan currently serves as the Transportation Commissioner for New York City. She…

Tagged with: bicycles, Janette Sadik-Khan, LABikeSummit
Posted in Streets, Transportation

Announcing the 2010 Bike Summit!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by linton — 6 Comments ↓

The Urban and Environmental Policy Institute has just gotten started on the 2010 Bike Summit. One big change is that we’re planning to make it both a bicycle and pedestrian event! We’ve just started work, so we haven’t confirmed a date…

Tagged with: bicycles, LABikeSummit, pedestrian
Posted in Streets, Transportation

facts & figures for parking day LA tomorrow-

Posted on September 17, 2009 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

In honor and anticipation of Parking Day L.A. tomorrow, here are some facts about parks & parking and cars in our city and region. Only 34 percent of children in the City of Los Angeles live within walking distance of…

Tagged with: bicycles, parking day, Transportation
Posted in Built Environment, Streets, Transportation

L.A. Bike Summit: Next Steps

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Robert Gottlieb — 1 Comment ↓

On Saturday (March 7), more than 300 cyclists, community members, and health and environmental and livable city advocates, gathered at Los Angeles Trade Tech for the first L.A. Bike Summit. It was, in many ways, an inspiring event: high energy…

Tagged with: bicycles, LABikeSummit, transportation alternatives
Posted in Streets, Transportation

Portland Bike Study Sheds Light on Bike Facilities

Posted on February 24, 2009 by linton — No Comments ↓

This morning I went to a talk at UCLA called “Bike GPS: Understanding and Measuring Bicycling Behavior.” The talk was given by Dr. Jennifer Dill who is a professor at Portland State University. I think that her work sheds some…

Tagged with: bicycles, LABikeSummit, Portland, uepi
Posted in Streets, Transportation

Locking Your Bike Securely

Posted on January 24, 2009 by linton — 1 Comment ↓

We’re hoping that the upcoming Bike Summit will catapult Los Angeles bicycling to a whole new level. This could mean lots of new cyclists out on L.A.’s streets, and lots of bikes locked up to L.A.’s poles, racks, and meters……

Tagged with: bicycles, lock
Posted in Streets, Transportation

Bikes from off the boat

Posted on January 21, 2009 by UEPI Occidental College — 4 Comments ↓

How long will it take me to bike off the greenhouse gases that will be emitted when my bike is shipped here all the way from China?

Cars and Bikes– Searching for a Green Economy

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Robert Gottlieb — 2 Comments ↓

As Congress begins to debate a potential $250 billion bailout of the U.S. auto industry which may or may not include efforts to link the bailout to the production of more fuel efficient cars, it might be worth looking at…

Tagged with: bicycles, green economy, LABikeSummit
Posted in Environment, Transportation