Bikeside LA

Was Think Bike LA great?  I can’t answer that question, I wasn’t there.  What I can say is that the concept behind Think Bike LA is great.  Dutch planners sharing their biking best practices with LADOT staff and community stakeholders is a great idea.  Instead of LA’s bike activists electronically screaming “you don’t get it!”, [...]

Bikeside has invited candidates of the November 8, 2011 Special Primary election for the Council District 15 seat to take our online biking survey.  The survey data will help us engage the 20 candidates in a conversation about their vision for improving cycling conditions for all Angelenos.  In May 2011, nine of the sixteen candidates for [...]

Bikeside is proud to endorse Secretary of State Debra Bowen in her run for Congress in California’s 36th District, encompassing West LA and Southbay.  We urge cyclists and their friends and families in the 36th to vote for Bowen this Tuesday, May 17th, in the 16 way primary. Bowen is the shrewdest, most experienced candidate [...]

Bikesiders! The final results from Bikeside’s CA-36 Congressional Candidate Survey are in!  In total, we got nine of the sixteen candidates to respond, including the major frontrunners Debra Bowen, Janice Hahn, Marcy Winograd and Mike Gin.  That’s not bad for a scrappy bike org!  Now the Bikeside Steering Committee is deliberating on who to endorse, but [...]

(This post from a newcomer to Bikeside – ‘Bikeside Chris’ – in collaboration with me, Alex T.  Welcome Chris to the blogosphere with a comment below! – AT) Bikeside invites candidates of the May 17, 2011 Special Election for the 36th Congressional District seat to take our online survey on federal bicycle policies.  We’re going [...]

It’s four days to election day, and the Los Angeles bike movement’s first chance to elect one of their own, the illustrious Stephen Box, to LA City Council.  If there’s one thing you can do between now and election day, it’s come out to Stephen’s Sunday bike ride – the Tour De Box!  (on Facebook) [...]

We walk precincts and phone bank for Stephen Box, every Wednesday.  Hope to see you there! When: Every Wednesday, from 530pm to 830pm Where: Box4CC Campaign HQ, 5619 Hollywood Blvd What: Walk precincts canvassing in support of the bikeyist candidate in Southern California, Stephen Box! Contact Alex Thompson at contact@BikesideLA.org with any questions.

It’s been a long time since I’ve walked precincts.  I’ve phone banked, I’ve gathered signatures, and I’ve organized events.  I even shot 2500 photos at a Marcy Winograd event.  But I haven’t gotten out there and rapped on doors in support of a candidate in a long time.  Maybe all the way back to Kerry [...]

It’s time for cyclists to get out in numbers and support Stephen Box for City Council. He’s our candidate, he fights for us everyday, and if we get him in City Hall, the sky’s the limit for biking in Los Angeles. Come out every Wednesday from now till election day (3/8) to walk precincts in [...]

“Riding a bike is like swimming with the sharks.  Sooner or later you’ll get bitten. Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks.” You’re a great man to look up to, Rob Ford. Your transportation plan is quite visionary.  Maybe one day your kids can be chubby like you and lead a high-cholesterol, “independent”, motorized [...]