Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Co-author of Where to Bike Los Angeles: Best Biking in City and Suburbs; long-time bicycle commuter in LA and a member of the LA County Bicycle Coalition's ride marshal team
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Jon Riddle
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FROM Jon Riddle
Which Way, L.A.?
Ethical Cycling Randy Cohen caused a firestorm recently with a piece on the op-ed page of the New York Times. That paper's former "ethicist," and a bicycle rider, he wrote, "I routinely run red lights, and so do you" [even though] "my behavior vexes pedestrians, drivers and even some of my fellow cyclists." He argued that, while it is illegal, it is "ethical." We asked the question on KCRW's Facebook page and got 90 answers in less than an hour.
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