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Celebrate Bike Month & Bike Week!

May 1, 2013May 6, 2023 Mark Elliot 1 Comment Bike Week 2013, National Bike Month

The League of American Bicyclists kicks off Bike Month today with an awareness campaign to promote cycling, a push that

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Auto Ownership Costs Rise Again

April 28, 2013January 14, 2024 Mark Elliot 0 Comments AAA, ownership costs

The bike rider’s favorite foil, the Automobile Club of America, has just released data showing that the cost of car

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UK Bike Facilities: Fit for Purpose?

April 27, 2013February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot 0 Comments facilities, infrastructure, UK

Guardian UK kicks off its new GuardianWitness feature inviting reader participation in reporting. Among the first initiatives: “Britain’s cycling infrastructure:

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TBA: Our New Public Works Chief

April 26, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments

With outgoing Public Works Director David Gustavson not yet out the door, is it too soon to talk about which

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Sunshine Task Force Inaugural Meeting 4/30

April 26, 2013May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Sunshine Task Force

We’ll be sitting on the city’s ad-hoc Sunshine Task Force for its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, April 30th at City

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Driving While Distracted: The Latter-Day DUI?

April 26, 2013May 18, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments data, distracted driving, NTSA, Ray LaHood

The US Transportation Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued guidelines concerning electronic devices [pdf] to car manufacturers

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Car Sales Continue to Decline in Europe

April 25, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments data

Incredibly, enthusiasm for the automobile continues to wane across Europe. For the 18th consecutive month, new car sales have declined,

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LA Wins Vehicular Congestion Contest

April 25, 2013September 18, 2023 Mark Elliot 0 Comments data, Inrix, safety

Date released by Traffic solutions firm Inrix draws upon its vast reservoir of traffic data to break the bad news:

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I-405 Over Budget, Behind Schedule

April 24, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments 405 freeway expansion, Caltrans, Metro, safety, Zev Yaroslavsky

LA Times today reports on the I-405 expansion running over budget and behind schedule. They could talk about the hazard

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BHPD Trying to Identify Road-Raging Motorist (Updated)

April 23, 2013July 12, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills, BHPD, safety, vehicular assult

Beverly Hills Police Department have issued a media advisory yesterday concerning a vehicular assault occurring April 3rd 23rd at 5pm

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CicLAvia comes to Venice This Sunday!

April 19, 2013April 23, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments CicLAvia, Los Angeles Pacific, Pacific Electric, Venice Boulevard

The now-famous CicLAvia cycling street party is back this year with pair of events that expand its reach westward along

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Must See TV

April 11, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments

Now approaching hour five of tonight’s Beverly Hills City Council meeting, we can see the difference a refreshed dais makes.

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City Manager Performance: Worthy of a Bonus Necessary?

April 11, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments governance, Jeff Kolin

Our recent election made an issue of City Hall performance. Mayor Mirisch said at installation, “If local government doesn’t listen,

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Public Works Chief David Gustavson Retires

April 11, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills Public Works, David Gustavson

Public Works Chief David Gustavson is retiring and will be feted at a Council study session this afternoon. We wish

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When You Get That Ticket….

April 6, 2013May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Bicycling and the Law, Bob Mionske, citation, legal

Cruisin’ for a bruisin’? If you think that on a bicycle you’re not as vulnerable as a motorist to a

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