Car Free LA is dedicated to bringing about the beautiful vision of a car-free society. http://www.carfreeLA.com/ en-us Wow, I cant believe its been another year! I went last year and had a blast not only at watching some of the most creative films I have seen put together about bicycles, but also being submerged in the bike culture for a while. Have your bike valet parked, meet some new biking partners, join the block part on July 1st, watch some great films, more. After Los Angeles, the festival goes international hitting Austria, England, Australia, Japan, Spain, and Italy. Definitely something not to be missed! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/129117151/bicycle_film_festival_2007.htm http://www.carfreela.com/bicycle_film_festival_2007.htm One year after the launch of CarFreeLA.com, I decided to head to the 2007 Pasadena Earth Day Festival to take a look at whats going on in the green world. As many of you may know, CarFreeLA.com was started with a vow of mine to not purchase another vehicle until a zero-emissions vehicle was available. Well folks, it looks like I won't be waiting much longer. Phoenix Motors, out of Ontario California, today debuted their Zero Emissions Sports Utility Truck. I took this quick video and was lucky enough to have one of their salespeople tell us a little something about the truck, which will be available for purchase in California this summer. I hope you like it. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/110942425/Phoenix_Zero_Emissions_Electric_Vehicle_Debut_2007_Pasadena_Earth_Day.html http://www.carfreela.com/Phoenix_Zero_Emissions_Electric_Vehicle_Debut_2007_Pasadena_Earth_Day.html Not getting enough of bikes lately? Try the the 6th Annual Bicycle Film Festival. Hitting Los Angeles this Wednesday June 21st the Bicycle Film Festival is a celebration of bicycles through film, art, and music. Playing through Saturday June 24th, the festival kicks off with an art show inspired by bikes called Joy Ride, followed by a Bikes Rock Party at The Smell in LA on Thursday and finally two full days of all kinds of bike movies; including artistic shorts, music videos, documentaries and full length feature films http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/77063472/bicycle_film_festival_2006.htm http://www.carfreela.com/bicycle_film_festival_2006.htm For those of you considering giving up your car, or at least putting it aside a few days a week in order to bicycle commute, or if you just like riding your bike, you have got to check out C.I.C.L.E.org (or Cyclists Inciting Change Thru Live Exchange). It is a spectacular site that provides an enormous amount of resources to help even the newest member of the wheeled community feel right at home. For your convenience, a LIVE Streaming feed directly from C.I.C.L.E.org web site has now been added to the right sidebar of all the pages on CarFreeLA.com. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/77063544/ http://carfreela.com/ I showed up to Amoeba Records on Tuesday May 23rd, and caughtThe Ditty Bops as they were on stage doing their sound checks. An upright bass, keyboard, violin and accordion were amongst the instruments being checked, aside from those in Amanda and Abbys hands. It didnt take them too long to get the sound they wanted and relax for a bit before putting on their teaser show for the growing crowd of music lovers before they take off on their cross country bicycle tour. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/76749082/ditty_bops_take_off.htm http://carfreela.com/ditty_bops_take_off.htm Today I dropped in the mailbox the following letter addressed to my Senators, my Representative in the House, President George W. Bush and Bill Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company. The letter is basically a declaration of my political stance against the automobile and Big Oil. Please join me in expressing your concern. Feel free to use my letter or a variation of it in your expression. It is time that we let them know that change must be made, now. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CarFreeLa/~3/77063616/letter_against_car_and_big_oil.htm http://carfreela.com/letter_against_car_and_big_oil.htm