Weekly Linkage
We scoured the web over the last week to find you the following bike-related links:
[VIDEO] ABC News discusses Long Beach’s unknown and (arguably) unneeded bike registration law >>>
[VIDEO] Comedian tries-and fails-at mocking cyclists in his stand-up routine >>>
Long Beach Bike Master plan update. Ride with mobility coordinator Charles Gandy >>>
As plans progress for building a new iconic bridge in Long Beach, advocates press for bike & pedestrian access >>>
Highway group blame pedestrian deaths on walkable communities & ‘aggressive pedestrians’>>>
6 reasons free parking is the dumbest thing you didn’t know you were subsidizing >>>
[VIDEO] “Hey Birds, you guys got little bikes?” A clip from the new show, Portlandia >>>
Bicycle Typogram >>>
Tell Congress to support ongoing funding for bikes >>>
A Metro Blue-Line train strikes & kills a bicyclist in Long Beach >>>
SoCal Residents, in 2009 you wasted 63 hours and $1,464 sitting in your car in traffic. Bicycle, anyone? >>>
The Controversy Over Bike Helmets >>>

Are bike helmets really needed? Photo credit



Bike helmets? Heck yes they are needed since it’s not safe to bike without them. As long as there is no real bike infrastructure in this town half-arsed ways of implementing it, see the poorly designed isolated lanes, we will never be safe enough to not need them.