Tomorrow happens the L.A. Bike Summit , a bicycle-centric day with big goals! Organized by Joe Linton, aka one of the L.A. Creek Freaks, the Bike Summit will bring together people from Portland to New York to Mexico City with Angelenos to work on strengthening bicycle advocacy, growing bike organiza...

For a relatively pedestrian-friendly ‘hood, Westwood’s got some ‘tard-y shit going on. First, the ‘hood got called out for its ridiculous 275-feet-long bike lane. And now, BikingInLA points out that a Westwood pedestrian crosswalk’s marked with a no crossing sign (via S...

California could finally get tougher car emissions standards soon. Yesterday, Obama ordered the U.S. EPA to reconsider California’s request to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles. This effort’s been a long time coming, since Cali actually passed this law to reduce emissions back...

DWP urges energy conservation while the city lets 800 billboards get converted to digital . “The average home uses the same energy in one day that a digital billboard burns through in a single hour. Who’s really in the dark about the facts here?” DOT Wants to Remove Crosswalks to P...

Question: I’m considering taking up biking around LA. While I’ve done this on my expensive road bike many many times, I’m pretty certain if I just rode this bike to the supermarket, I’d have no bike left when I came out, even with proper locking techniques. I’ve been lo...

A series featuring car-free women in LA. Alyssa of Musings of a Crazy Bitch Basics: 29-year-old editor. Lives with her husband and her 11-month-old daughter, who are also car-free, in North Hollywood. Car free since: Late 2007 Blogging since: May 2007 Notable post: I’m a Parent, in which Alyss...

A series featuring car-free women in LA. Jody of Westward Ho! Basics: 32-year-old aspiring urban planner/green builder who’s studying to take the LEED-AP exam. Lives in East Hollywood/ Los Feliz by herself, but plans to move up to Valley Glen in a month. Child-free. Car free since: Always. Blo...

A series featuring car-free women in LA. Kenya of Be Well Groomed Basics: 40-year-old esthetician. Lives with her husband and five cats in Culver City. Child-free. Car free since: 2005. Blogging since: August 2006. Notable posts: Kenya’s pick: Get on the bus, Gus green LA girl’s pick: Th...

A series featuring car-free women in LA. Kristina Wong Basics: 30-year-old performance artist and teacher. Lives with a cat in West L.A. Child-free. Car free since: Aug. 14, 2008, when her pink biodiesel Mercedes caught on fire on the freeway and went to car heaven. Blogging since: 2003. Notable pos...

A series featuring car-free women in LA. Browne Molyneux of The Bus Bench Basics: 30-year-old college writer. Lives in downtown L.A. with a partner who is also car-free. Child-free. Car free since: Sometime in 2005. Blogging since: August 2007. Notable posts: Browne’s pick: Brazilian Nites via...