Search Results for: label/bikes/2010/06/the-urban-homestead

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Bikin’ in LA

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Bikes, Thoughtstylings
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...ith Los Angeles’ terminal car-centric design. For me the issue ain’t about bikes–I actually enjoy hauling ass through congested rush hour traffic on two wheels. Instead my off bike ire is more about two questions that, I hope, everyone will care about whether you ride a bike or not: 1. Can children safely walk or ride their bikes to school and thus avoiding becoming fat, Xbox addicted idiots. Or, do they have to go everywhere tethered to mommy and...

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How FilmLA Blocks Bike Lanes

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Bikes, Transportation
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...ard) to sit around and monitor the closure. Continuing, Steve added that, “Bikes are vehicles.” He noted that there is parking next to the bike lane and that if I wanted to use that parking he thought that I would need to close the bike lane. When I asked Steve if I had to do anything special to close a bike lane he seemed a bit confused. He said that I would need a barricade. He was unsure if I would need to do a detour (I’ll note that in years o...

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Los Angeles Announces Separated Bike Lanes on Sunset Boulevard

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Bikes, Transportation
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...sy corridor. City planners estimate that the resulting switch from cars to bikes for short trips will cut everybody’s travel time, resulting in a win-win for both cyclists and motorists. He also spoke of additional positive outcomes. “Finally our children will be able to safely ride their bikes to school, or to visit the local ice cream shop,” said O’Farrell. Signalling the end of a hundred years of car-centric planning, O’Farrell’s links the new...

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Self-Righteousness Fail: We Bought a Car

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Bikes, Thoughtstylings, Transportation
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..., shallow intellectual culture and always, the notion that nobody walks or bikes in LA. This is because the people writing this stuff have never tried negotiating LA without a car. Over the last twenty years LA has installed an extensive network of trains that will take you in all four directions with considerably less stress than sitting in traffic, especially during rush hour. The subway and light rail system works especially well if you ride a...

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