Great commentary from Damien Newtown on Streetsblog Los Angeles » Confessions of a Sidewalk Rider and Commentary on L.B.’s “Walk It or Lock It”. The campaign itself is pretty impressive.  Instead of relying on free media and fancy television ads, Long Beach is reaching out to the media, local businesses, the LBPD and other cyclists to spread the word.  All the city has to pay for is the publicity, planning, and printing...

I’ve been working on the Bike Long Beach campaign the past few months. The city opened the first Bike Boulevard in Southern California along Vista Street last month, and construction is scheduled to begin today on separated bikeways in downtown. The announcement release (that I authored with the Bike Long Beach team) is pasted here: City of Long Beach, CA – News Details. Nice reporting by the Press-Telegram, LBPost.com, Gazettes and...