Los Angeles
LAPD chief tells cyclists: "We feel your pain"
An unexpected wave of support for cyclists by the authorities in Los Angeles continues with the LAPD chief pledging to make his force 'more responsive' to cyclists' rights.
A vocal group of riders has been asking the city to do all it can to crack down on drivers who routinely abuse them and show no respect.
And, after a meeting with cyclists, LAPD chief Charlie Beck promised he would do more to look after 'our most vulnerable commuters.'
Team pursuit, LA style - couriers catch up with bike thief
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Two Los Angeles bike couriers turned Good Samaritan on Monday when they pursued a bike thief for five blocks and knocked him off the bike, causing him to flee.
LA cops called in as bike thefts spike
Not so long ago, the Los Angeles Police Department would've smirked at suggestions that they spend their time finding bike thieves, but as crime on the whole is dropping in LA, cycle theft has gone up by 29 per cent. And it's become such a problem that vigilante groups have been set up to protect precious bikes.
LA doctor handed five year sentence for deliberately injuring cyclists
Los Angeles doctor Christopher Thompson has been sentenced to five years in jail after deliberately braking in front of a pair of cyclists on Mandeville Canyon Road, a winding five-mile residential street popular with local cyclists.
Los Angeles transport chief proposes law protecting cyclists from harassment
Ask anyone to name a city outside Britain – we’re pretty sure Birmingham would get the local vote – that holds itself in thrall to the motor car, and the chances are that the answer will be Los Angeles. But if a proposed new law that amongst other things makes it an offence to harass cyclists, is enacted then the bicycle may come to much greater prominence in the city of angels.
LA road rage doctor faces up to five years in jail
A former accident & emergency doctor in California has been found guilty of assaulting cyclists by overtaking them and then slamming on his brakes and he now faces up to five years in jail. In one incident he left a cyclist requiring 90 stitches and reconstructive surgery to his nose and several broken teeth.
'Only' 500 turn up for Lance Armstrong LA Twitter ride
In what is proving a regular tweet, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was at it again on social network site Twitter as he invited riders out to join him for an informal ride in Los Angeles yesterday.
On Wednesday afternoon, Armstrong posted the following tweet invitation on his Twitter page: "Hey LA - get out of your cars and get on your bikes. Time to ride. 7:30 tomorrow am. Griffith Park, LA Zoo parking lot. See you there.."
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