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simon.sharwood
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Postby simon.sharwood » 16 Jul 2011, 15:03

LA's main freeway is being shut for maintenance this weekend.

As a PR stunt, airline JetBlue is offering a flight from one LA suburban airport to another.

The local cycling community is going to race the plane ...

http://blogging.la/2011/07/14/wolfpack- ... s-jetblue/

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Postby timyone » 16 Jul 2011, 15:28

like :)

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Postby weiyun » 16 Jul 2011, 18:20

Oh no... Not the 405 again!

If it's airport gate to gate, then Jetblue will win. Given the commuter sectors, it'll be tight. I am curious which route the cyclist will take. There'll be lots of intersections along the way unless the cyclist takes the breakdown lane of 405.

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Postby weiyun » 18 Jul 2011, 11:54

Well, the results are out and the Wolf Pack Hustle bunch beat JetBlue by a wide margin door to door. However, a CBS news van (did it in 1 hour) beat everybody on the virtually deserted freeway. Irony, irony!

http://www.slate.com/id/2299432/

And then two cyclists got arrested for riding on the deserted I-405. It would have been a blast to take over that 10 lane highway.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... d-405.html


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