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Get your bike tuned up for free in advance of Bike Week thanks to the Bicycle Commuter Act.
Lancaster Rite Aid Workers Score A Rare Labor Victory
May 6, 2011 3:50 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
Rite Aid workers in Lancaster fought for years to unionize and negotiate a fair deal with management. This past Sunday, they finally succeeded.
LA Vitamin Report:
With gas prices at all-time highs, express Metro rail service has the potential to bring in new riders. Will it happen anytime soon?
Will High Gas Prices Put A Stop to New L.A. Sprawl? Not Likely
April 29, 2011 1:05 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
Despite high gas prices and a glut of available housing, the city of Santa Clarita just approved yet another massive commuter-driven mixed-use project.
Transit In the Philippines: Convenient, But at What Cost?
April 27, 2011 4:00 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
A glimpse into the public transit life of the developing world in the Philippines.
The DIY Chronicles: Bicycle Repair for the Incompetent
April 11, 2011 10:00 AM
LA Vitamin Report:
Even the incompetent can learn to change tires at the Bicycle Kitchen.
History Repeats Itself In Bus Vs. Rail Protests
April 5, 2011 11:15 AM
LA Vitamin Report:
Should bus service have to suffer to help LA launch an historic expansion of its rail network?
A Backstory to Today's City of Cudahy Sacking
March 29, 2011 5:08 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
Longtime political kingpin George Perez has been ousted from his job as Cudahy's city manager. Is it the end of an era?
Mass Transit Connector to LAX Moves Forward: But Should It?
March 25, 2011 3:00 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
Metro is commissioning a $4.7 million study about improving mass transit to LAX. But is the whole plan a waste of money?
Embracing DIY: One Small, Sugary Step At a Time
March 25, 2011 10:10 AM
LA Vitamin Report:
Matthew Fleischer harbors grand notions of manly DIY self-sufficiency. For now, he'll settle for marmalade.
LAX Connector Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
March 18, 2011 11:01 AM
LA Vitamin Report:
Everyone loves the idea of connecting LAX to the Green line. But, as it stands now, the project makes no sense.
Another L.A. County Sewage Recycling Plan Quietly Dissolves
March 11, 2011 4:58 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
In the San Gabriel Valley, a plan to build a new $210 sewage reclamation plant has quietly been torn to shreds.
If You Build It, Will They Come? Subprime Lending and the Economics of Newhall Ranch
March 10, 2011 3:00 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
Developers want to build a 60,000 person city on environmentally sensitive land on L.A.'s urban periphery. But will it take more subprime lending, of the ilk that recently crashed the U.S. economy, to make the project a success?
How We Can Make L.A.'s Bike Plan a Reality: An Interview With Bill Rosendahl
March 2, 2011 5:48 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
LA's much celebrated bicycle plan is officially the law of the land. But how do we turn plans to build 1680 miles of bike lanes into a reality? City councilman Bill Rosendahl explains.
L.A. City Council Passes Bicycle Master Plan, Now the Hard Work Begins
March 1, 2011 5:50 PM
LA Vitamin Report:
This afternoon marked a fairly historic moment in the city of Los Angeles' efforts to transform itself into a greener, human-friendly city. By a 12-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved a measure to ratify a comprehensive bicycle plan for the city of L.A.
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