{"article":{"id":1822,"heading":"(Ironic) LA Mayor Riordan rides bike today","author":"Rick Void","created":"2000-08-17 20:21:47","modified":"2000-08-17 20:35:42","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:35:42","article":"<p>from the latimes <br><br>  <br>  <br> Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan rode a bicycle this morning, hoping to encourage drivers to carpool, use public transit or bike to work to lessen traffic during the four-day Democratic National Convention. <br>  <br>      Accompanied by three city employees on bicycles, a security guard driving his bright red Ford sport utility vehicle and a press deputy in a municipal car, Riordan rode his Italian Moser 12 miles from his Brentwood estate to the restaurant he owns downtown. <br>  <br>      Just before Riordan started, his press deputy reminded him to stop at the intersection of Wilshire and Beverly Glen boulevards for a quick interview with Fox Channel 11 News. The mayor nodded. <br>  <br>      By the time he reached the intersection five minutes later, he forgot and merely waved at the reporter holding the microphone toward Riordan as he and his entourage whizzed by.<\/p>\n","contact":"rickvoid@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/politics\/elect2000\/pres\/demconven\/upd_scenes000816.htm","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan rode a bicycle this morning, hoping to encourage drivers to carpool, use public transit or bike to work to lessen traffic","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/1822.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":1829,"heading":"Mayor Upstaged?","article":"Could it be that 50 bikeriders were arrested for upstaging the mayors public relations event?","author":"The One-Eyed Man","parent_id":1822,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-17 20:32:46","modified":"2000-08-17 20:45:31","fileurl":""}]}