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How NOT to Make a Street Safety Video

September 4, 2014May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 1 Comment Aaron Kunz, BHPD, Health and Safety Commission, outreach, safety, Susan Healy-Keene, video

We watched the new City of Beverly Hills video ‘Watch Your Walk,’ part of the Dangerstoppers series co-produced by the Beverly

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Operation Firefly Gears Up

August 25, 2014May 6, 2023 Mark Elliot 0 Comments LACBC, Operation Firefly, safety

Support LACBC’s ‘Operation Firefly’ by making a donation to give bike lights to those who need them. Remember, a headlight

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Another Close Call

August 24, 2014 Mark Elliot 0 Comments rogue motorists, safety, video

Reader Brian Nilsen experienced an all-too-typical close call in Beverly Hills: a motorist simply tried to deny his rightful place

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Give Me Three for Safety

July 31, 2014February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot 0 Comments AB 1371, Give Me Three, legislation, safety

We’re looking ahead to mid-September when California’s Three Feet for Safety Act takes effect. You won’t need the details of

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Cities are Lowering Speed Limits!

July 31, 2014April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Portland, safety, speed limits

City of Beverly Hills may be inclined to speed traffic through our city, but others are reducing speed limits to

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What We Can Do Today About Santa Monica Boulevard

June 3, 2014November 4, 2025 Mark Elliot 4 Comments Beverly Boulevard, Jeff Kolin, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction, Traffic and Parking Commission, Wilshire Boulevard

Beverly Hills City Council may have punted on Santa Monica Boulevard, but they can’t turn their back on street safety

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The New DUI

May 19, 2014 Mark Elliot 0 Comments distracted driving, FDA, safety

Forget driving while distracted! The FDA informs us that sleep aid users who fill some 55 million prescriptions annually may

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Another Good Reason to Join LACBC

April 30, 2014May 6, 2023 Mark Elliot 0 Comments LACBC, safety

Another good reason to join LACBC: in addition to advocacy work, their fresh, new Rules of the Road Pocket Guide

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California’s Vulnerable Road Users Protection Act

April 13, 2014January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot 0 Comments AB 2398, safety

California Bicycle Coalition is spearheading the Vulnerable Road Users Protection Act (AB 2398) in California. The bill would put real

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Time for Beverly Hills to Adopt a Complete Streets Policy!

April 2, 2014November 4, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Aaron Kunz, Chattanooga, Complete Streets, continental crosswalks, safety, Susan Healy-Keene

Chattanooga, Tennessee beat Beverly Hills in the broadband arena a few years ago with citywide 1gigabit-per-second Internet. Back then nobody

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No Texting Behind the Wheel, But Smartphone Maps Are OK

February 28, 2014 Mark Elliot 0 Comments distracted driving, mobile apps, safety

California’s Court of Appeals this week gave the OK to drivers to look at a map on a digital device

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Another Close Call in Beverly Hills Crosswalks

February 24, 2014 Mark Elliot 0 Comments crosswalks, safety

Beverly Hills crosswalks can be most dangerous to cross. Some drivers choose not to follow the law; others purposefully intimidate.

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BH Traffic Report for 2013: Little Progress on Road Safety

February 21, 2014May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments BHPD, collision, Office of Traffic Safety, safety, Traffic and Parking Commission

When we learned that Office of Traffic Safety ranked Beverly Hills worst among small cities for bike and pedestrian safety,

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Beverly Hills: The Most Dangerous Little City in California

February 20, 2014May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 2 Comments Beverly Hills City Council, collision, Office of Traffic Safety, safety, SWITRS, Traffic and Parking Commission

To read the Beverly Hills vision statement is to get a sense of the high regard in which civic leaders

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Another Metro/Caltrans I-405 #FAIL: SM Blvd

February 13, 2014February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Caltrans, City of Los Angeles, Deathtrap405, Metro, safety

Gosh, could these agencies make it any more difficult for a rider to cross the 405? We’ve written about the

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