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Another Bike Count Behind Us

November 7, 2015January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Alvarado, bicycle count, bike count, LACBC, Olympic Boulevard, planning, Wilshire Boulevard

Every two years the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition conducts a count of pedestrians & bicyclists. All across the county,

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Beverly Hills Signed on to the USDOT Mayors’ Challenge. Now What?

October 28, 2015May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Anthony Foxx, Complete Streets, Martha Eros, Mayors' Challenge, safety, Santa Monica, USDOT

Earlier this year, then-Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation challenged American localities to make travel safer for bicycle riders

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Bike Parking at Whole Foods in Beverly Hills is STILL Broken

October 13, 2015October 30, 2024 Mark Elliot 1 Comment bicycle parking, Brenda Lavender, Los Angeles Magazine, Mario Inga, Whole Foods

While reading a recent link-bait post over at Los Angeles Magazine, we were reminded just how unwelcoming is our local

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Qataris Behaving Badly? Let’s Focus on the Homegrown ‘Sheikhs’

October 5, 2015May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Weekly, BHPD, collision, Lester Friedman, Qatar, reckless driving, safety, Traffic and Parking Commission

What’s more ridiculous than wasting ink on the now-departed Qatari sheikh who hot-rodded around Beverly Hills this August? The fact

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Would You Double Down on Yesterday’s Planning Paradigm?

August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments auto-centric planning paradigm, Bruce Feldman, Los Angeles Times, safety, Santa Monica

Today the Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed critical of efforts to plan for multimodal mobility. Titled, ‘Mr. Mayor, L.A.

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New Ambassador Program Promises Smiles. Unless You’re Homeless!

August 8, 2015May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments ambassadors, business triangle, Chamber of Commerce

“When visitors come to Beverly Hills, they expect to be greeted by a friendly face,” said Beverly Hills in late

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Construction Mitigation in Beverly Hills #FAILS Riders

July 22, 2015November 11, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Aaron Kunz, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction, traffic mitigation, Waldorf

You’re riding westbound on North Santa Monica Boulevard. You’ve made it though the dreaded SM-Wilshire intersection and you’re waiting to

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NIMBYs Whiffed on Bike Lanes But Killed the Dog Park

March 9, 2015May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments dog park, Friends of Roxbury Dog Park, NIMBY, Roxbury Dog Park, roxbury park, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction

This year northside Beverly Hills residents swung for the fences but whiffed when they tried to kill bicycle lanes for

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File Under ‘Crap Facilities’: Dangerous Crescent Dr. Sharrows [Updated]

January 29, 2015March 6, 2015 Mark Elliot 4 Comments #CrapFacilities, facilities, safety, sharrows

City of Beverly Hills was warned many months ago about this improper placement of sharrows on Crescent Drive: As explicated

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Beverly Hills Should Take the Foxx US DOT Challenge

January 23, 2015May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Anthony Foxx, FHWA, Julian Gold, safety, US DOT

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, appointed by President Obama in 2013, is continuing the efforts predecessor Raymond LaHood to make

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Recapping the Recappers: How Local Media Covered SM Blvd

January 9, 2015May 6, 2023 Mark Elliot 1 Comment Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Weekly, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, public participation, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction, Westside Today, Willie Brien

“Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills Could Soon Be Bicycle Safe.” That’s a real headline, not an April Fool’s day

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LA Councilman’s Hostility Toward Complete Streets Sounds Familiar

December 28, 2014May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 14 Comments Fig4All, Flying Pigeon, Gil Cedillo, Highland Park, Los Angeles, NELA, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction

Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods can seem a long way from Beverly Hills, but a scrum over bicycle lanes there suggests

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CicLAvia October, 2014 in Pictures

October 9, 2014May 18, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments CicLAvia

With the 10th CicLAvia in Los Angeles now behind us, we take a look at last Sunday’s festivities with a

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A Campaign Ad That Transit Buffs Can Appreciate

October 7, 2014 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Bobby Shriver, Metro, Pacific Electric, Sheila Kuehl

Amid the onslaught of flyers that seem to keep the Postal Service afloat every campaign season, the last theme we

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Gran Fondo Italia Comes to Beverly Hills on 9/28

September 15, 2014May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 3 Comments Beverly Hills Chamber, Convention and Visitors Bureau, events, Gran Fondo Italia 2014, Lili Bosse, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard

The Gran Fondo Italia ride, an annual for-profit ‘packaged’ bike ride & marketing extravaganza, comes back to Beverly Hills with

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