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Fredrik’s World Tour

January 6, 2018

Fredrik’s World Tour

Juliana and Nick met Fredrick from Austria at the end of his year long tour around the world in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, and invited him for a coffee and danish at the Phoenix Bakery.

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Peter Flax’s Bike Journalism

December 31, 2017

Peter Flax’s Bike Journalism

Bike journalist Peter Flax exposed “LA Westside Walkers” in this article on cyclingtips.com. LA Westside Walkers is a Twitter account which purported to be an advocacy group for cyclists and pedestrians run by anonymous LADOT staff. The account was really a “sock puppet” for commercial director Justin Purser, who used it to attack the Playa Del Rey road diet for causing congestion in his upscale beach community.

Flax analyzes driver backlash to both the Venice Blvd “Great Streets” bike lane and the Playa Del Rey road diet, which he calls “the most divisive urban road project of this century in the United States,” here.

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Jimmy Lizama, Christmas Dynamo

December 30, 2017

Jimmy Lizama, Christmas Dynamo

Jimmy Lizama started LA’s Bike Kitchen in the Ecovillage’s old kitchen around the turn of the century. Later came Venice’s Bikerowave, Highland Park’s Bike Oven, and the Valley Bikery (the Kitchen still cooks at its new location at Fountain and Virgil in Silverlake). Mr. Lizama has moved on to start his own business recycling bikes and building dynamo hubs for lighting and electric systems on recycled bikes at Relampago Wheelery, across the street from where the Kitchen started. Jimmy provided this interview after installing a dynamo hub for Nick Richert on 12/24/17.

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Art Ramirez, Custom Bike Maker

December 14, 2017

Art Ramirez, Custom Bike Maker

Art Ramirez, custom bike maker/welder, talks about his Burning Man bikes, his Las Vegas competition wins, One Big Club, and his work in schools.

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Don Ward and Selena Inouye

December 3, 2017

Don Ward and Selena Inouye

Don Ward, social rider and mobility advocate, talks with Selena Inouye of “Restore Venice Boulevard,” a group dedicated to removing the bike lane and reversing the road diet on Venice Blvd. in Mar Vista.

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Recall Debate: Don Ward Vs. Alexis Edelstein

November 26, 2017

Recall Debate: Don Ward Vs. Alexis Edelstein

Don Ward founded the seminal social ride network Midnight Ridazz, which has influenced bike advocacy and culture in Los Angeles. Alexis Edelstein started the Recall Bonin campaign to remove LA City Councilmember Mike Bonin. Edelstein says he started the recall effort to “give a voice” to commuters frustrated by delays in Bonin’s district (commute times on a 1.1 mile stretch of Venice Blvd from Beethoven to Inglewood Blvd have increased up to several minutes due to the “Great Streets” pilot road diet and bike lane). Don and Alexis were both big supporters of Bernie Sanders (“Berniecrats”), and look to find common ground in this debate.

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Don Ward on Everything Now

October 16, 2017

Don Ward on Everything Now

Don Ward, Midnight Ridazz co-founder, talks about Tomatoes’ memorial Friends of the Friendless ride, the Keep Griffith Wild campaign, his Wolfpack Hustle century, and the recall Mike Bonin effort that started over commuters’ added wait time at the Venice Great Street pilot bike line in Mar Vista.

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Anti Bike Lane Forces Take on an LA City Councilman

October 1, 2017

Anti Bike Lane Forces Take on an LA City Councilman

Volunteer Keith Martin speaks on frustrated drivers’ movement to recall LA’s most progressive City Councilmember, CD 11’s Mike Bonin. Two grad students in SMC’s Interaction Design Master’s program survey responses to the road diet and share their findings.

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Vision Zero Alliance

September 30, 2017

Vision Zero Alliance

Emilia Crotty, Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks, and Nat Gale, Campaign Director for Vision Zero, discuss LA’s Vision Zero Alliance, part of a worldwide movement, started in Sweden, to eliminate all traffic deaths.

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New Urbanism Film Festival L.A. October 19-22, 2017.

September 23, 2017

New Urbanism Film Festival L.A. October 19-22, 2017.

Paul Steinberg on his film, Bicycle Revolution (Festival Screening time: 2pm Saturday 10/21). Kristin Tiech & Adrienne Johnson on theirs, Women Want Just Want To Be Safe (Festival Screening time: 7:30pm Friday 10/20) and Velo Visionaries (Festival Screening time: also 7:30pm Friday 10/20). Josh Pagett on the origins of the NUFF and what’s happening this time. Matt Hulse on his music video BikeTown YYC (Festival screening times: Friday 7:30pm).

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Fredrik’s World Tour

Fredrik’s World Tour

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Peter Flax’s Bike Journalism

Peter Flax’s Bike Journalism

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Jimmy Lizama, Christmas Dynamo

Jimmy Lizama, Christmas Dynamo

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Art Ramirez, Custom Bike Maker

Art Ramirez, Custom Bike Maker

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Don Ward and Selena Inouye

Don Ward and Selena Inouye

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Recall Debate: Don Ward Vs. Alexis Edelstein

Recall Debate: Don Ward Vs. Alexis Edelstein

Don Ward on Everything Now

Don Ward on Everything Now

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Anti Bike Lane Forces Take on an LA City Councilman

Anti Bike Lane Forces Take on an LA City Councilman

Vision Zero Alliance

Vision Zero Alliance

New Urbanism Film Festival L.A. October 19-22, 2017.

New Urbanism Film Festival L.A. October 19-22, 2017.

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