According to this Wilshire Center Earth Day event, April 22nd has been declared, by The City of Los Angeles, Car-Free Day. There are two movements linked from that page, the first being the World Car-Free Network. They have a long history and have developed the base that many other movements have built upon. Way back in 2000 Bogota, Columbia (yes, that Bogota) had their very first Car-Free Day based on the tenets of the World Car-Free Network. The second link is to Car Free Days, a newer organization with more of an environmental slant. We are excited to see what happens here in Los Angeles, which is hopefully something.
March 2008 Archives
According to this Wilshire Center Earth Day event, April 22nd has been declared, by The City of Los Angeles, Car-Free Day. There are two movements linked from that page, the first being the World Car-Free Network. They have a long history and have developed the base that many other movements have built upon. Way back in 2000 Bogota, Columbia (yes, that Bogota) had their very first Car-Free Day based on the tenets of the World Car-Free Network. The second link is to Car Free Days, a newer organization with more of an environmental slant. We are excited to see what happens here in Los Angeles, which is hopefully something.
Swarm! is happy to announce our first bicycle advocacy campaign: Ride to the Ride. For many of us riding to rides/races is done out of necessity: many of us just do not own cars. And once you see Los Angeles from that perspective you see what is possible. And it just so happens to improve our cycling and make the city a little greener.
Below is the text for the postcards that just came in the mail from Greener Printer. They've got that classic photo of Merckx that everyone loves in color on the front. Want to help get them out there? Stop by and see our friends at Orange 20 Bikes in Heliotrope Village and they'll flow you a handful. See you in the streets.
Below is the text for the postcards that just came in the mail from Greener Printer. They've got that classic photo of Merckx that everyone loves in color on the front. Want to help get them out there? Stop by and see our friends at Orange 20 Bikes in Heliotrope Village and they'll flow you a handful. See you in the streets.
The Great Eddy Merckx was asked what three things
one could do to be a better cyclist and he said
"Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike"
Riding to the ride not only increases your mileage, fitness and experience, but each time you replace a car trip with a bike trip you:
Increase the visibility of cyclists: making the roads safer for everyone
Decrease pollution and smog: improving our air quality
Join us in improving the air and roads for cyclists by leaving your motor vehicle at home.
For more information on traveling by bike, see www.bikenow.org or the LA Bicycle Coaltion.
Chris Kostman, best known as the organizer of the epic Furnace Creek 508 and Badwater ultra-marathon, is also a compassionate environmentalist and vegetarian. He is as stoked on us as we are him. It's all about the adventure and his new blog tells the story the way it should be told. Check it out: Rough Riders: Any bike, Anywhere
This year's race was awesome with a good turnout, and eventually even rain that wasn't supposed to happen. Most everyone that knows him is aware that Cole (wolfpack) broke his collarbone and 2 ribs coming down Baxter 1, and hit the bump in the cross street. He managed to slide about 15ft up the next hill he was supposed to ride up. Cole also managed to get back on a bike in a week.
For the 3rd year in a row, our very own Jack 'won' the race, and Brian second behind him.
Everyone at the finish. It started raining just in time!
