Saturday, January 26, 2013

L.A. becoming more bike friendly, thanks partly to the mayor's elbow

LA Times: On July 17, 2010, after a P90X workout, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his police bodyguard began riding mountain bikes west in the bike lane on Venice Boulevard. About 6:30 p.m., heading toward La Cienega Boulevard, they were cut off by a taxi cab. Villaraigosa flipped over the handlebars. His elbow shattered on the asphalt. Two days later, with his arm in a cast, he told his staff, "Let's use this as a teachable moment" -- and for good reason. He and the city had a lot to learn about...

URL: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-0126-villaraigosa-biker-20130126,0,4079324.story
Enclosure: http://www.trbimg.com/img-5102e5ce/turbine/la-he-0126-villaraigosa-biker-20130126-001/600

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