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Tonight at 7pm the Newport Beach City Council meets to consider a Bicycle Safety Improvement Fund. I have a conflict with a Boy Scout meeting. In case I don’t get to attend, here’s what I’d like to say…   Tonight you must decide on a Bike Safety Improvement Fund. How did we get here? Last [… Read More]

I’ve been looking for things lately. Yesterday it was cameras — I have too many, but this specific search was focused on a particular tripod. Once I found the tripod I had to find the little camera-to-tripod attachment gizmo. You get the idea. All this searching is for the sequel to the Riding Into Trouble [… Read More]

She’s recently returned from speaking engagements in Toronto and at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC; Green Octopus Consulting‘s April Economides speaks about how bicycling pays for local businesses. In 2010 the City of Long Beach got a LA County Public Health grant; the objective: to bring more customers to 4 business districts by [… Read More]

Ever been on a Walkability Audit? Neither had I, but when it was suggested that would be a good time to meet Dan Burden, I couldn’t resist. And San Diego is a lot closer than Port Townsend, WA — his home base. You may recognize Dan from his prominent role in Road Diet, the Streetfilms [… Read More]

At the Newport Pier on a typical summer weekend motorists circle the parking lot looking for a place to park. This creates congestion; it’s bad for the environment, bad for pedestrian and cyclist safety and it wastes time and money. Surely the experience discourages some from a return visit. Let’s add to this mix: the [… Read More]

My Long Beach bike riding buddy Allan Crawford was the first to tell me of Locavesting, The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit from It, by Amy Cortese. We’re all interested in a thriving downtown, a bustling Main Street, “with a strong resilient local economy.” “Our markets are global and efficient,” but they [… Read More]