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The Elf and Ethics

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Bikes, Transportation
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...ansition period from hulking Hummers to lightweight human and battery powered vehicles. Is the greater risk I’m taking (by choosing a lightweight vehicle over an SUV) worth the ethical/ecological benefit? If everyone else is driving a big heavy vehicle don’t I need one too? Separating bikes and cars partially solves this conundrum to some extent, but not for transitional vehicles like the Elf. I would not want to see an Elf on a bike path and I’d...

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Monday Linkages: The Blob, Urine Soaked Acorns

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Saturday Linkages
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...a0 Sailing Rowing a boat across the Atlantic: http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/09/real-adventures-alastair-humphreys.html … Sailboats Made of Corrugated Metal in Australia http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/09/sailboats-made-of-corrugated-metal-in.html … Bikes New issue of Urban Velo: http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue39/urbanvelo39.pdf … What To Do After an Accident When the Police Fail to Respond? http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/09/...

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We Are the Festival!

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Bikes
...clogged traffic jam during the holiday season. Worst of all the city bans bikes from the light festival in spite of the fact that it takes place on a public street. The city’s ban is a direct violation of state law. Thankfully the folks at IlluminateLA are planning to swarm the festival this Friday. Ride your bike and join them at the Mulholland Fountain at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard at 7:30 p.m. From there the plan is to ride throug...

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Saturday Tweets: Cast Iron, Astroturf and Testing Your Microclimates

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Saturday Linkages
...everly Hills is big water user; East L.A. is the lowest http://t.co/0q27iCjnC5 — Francesca (@fdlrcaterina) November 6, 2014 How to understand your microclimates: http://t.co/5XMlcogrvE — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 14, 2014 9 Things Drivers Need to Stop Saying in the Bikes vs. Cars Debate | WIRED http://t.co/vy5Guo9H1B — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 13, 2014 Don’t leave cooked rice out overnight http://t.co/yr4lDGDLA9 via @barfblog —...

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Happy World Car Free Day

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Thoughtstylings
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...re in your car. But I suppose it’s not safe for them to walk or ride their bikes to school because of all the SUV drivers like you playing chicken with pedestrians to see who can beat each other across the intersection. I could keep ranting, mentioning the things we all know, the childhood asthma rates of our polluted city, the melting polar ice caps and dying polar bears, the 39,000 traffic fatalities on American roads, and all those folks dying...

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