Comments on: LABP: 12 principles for LA's Best Bike Plan (9/100)

By: What do two Nobel Laureates know that L.A.’s Mayor doesn’t? « BikingInLA

What do two Nobel Laureates know that L.A.’s Mayor doesn’t? « BikingInLA — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:26:07 +0000

[...] response I’ve seen calls for benchmarks for the implementation of the plan, or requires that key measures be completed within a few [...]

By: Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:58:47 +0000

LOLsome Ooodles. Great job.

By: oodlesofpoodles

oodlesofpoodles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:24:23 +0000

1. Genesis: Every street is a street that cyclists will be injured on.
2. Action: LA must consider the implementation of key measures within 20 years.
3. Some Other City: A Pocket Bikeway network will be the engineering focus in Culver City or Glendale.
4. Transformation: Neighborhood pilots projects to create pockets of ultra bike friendliness, outside of Los Angeles’s jurisdiction.
5. Strength: Any new plan should go through a full problematic bickering.
6. Intelligence: Evaluate success by measuring progress against stereotypes, fantasies, assumptions, and wild accusations.
7. A Generation: Impose law enforcement guidelines that ensure that every child who rides a bicycle also gets to ride in the back of a police car.
8. Justice: LAPD will discard all training materials in cyclists’ rights, laws concerning cyclists, and practical bike training.
9. Execution: Move Bikeways out of LA.
10. Democracy: The plan must be approved by bureaucrats, or not at all.
11. Total: The six Is – Ignorance, Imposition, Idiocy, Illusion, Inhibition, Incrimination – give the structure of the plan.
12. Equality: The Automobile Association of America is the foundation for the plan.

By: Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:22:08 +0000

@Steve, thanks! I think Stephen is working on it. We’re gonna keep meeting, keep educating, and keep learnin.

@Stephanie – ok, now that obstacle course stuff is doooooope! That sounds fun!

By: Plan A: Bicycle Los Angeles « 90042

Plan A: Bicycle Los Angeles « 90042 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:48:01 +0000

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By: Stephanie R

Stephanie R — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:39:09 +0000

A well thought out plan! We certainly need it.

“A Generation: Get em’ young – building a car-free army from LA’s youngest generation – beginning at the school level.”

Education is a very important step in getting the next generation, and their parents, to get out and ride.

When I went to elementary and jr high in LA and the Bay Area, they had several ‘bike safety courses’ after school. If your brought your bike to school, they taught an hour course that covered safety, fixing flats, avoiding cars, doors and objects, riding at night and a bunch of other stuff. The teachers were always enthusiastic and fun, and we had races on cone courses (with a big plastic car door that swung open at random intervals) to learn balance and reaction times.

Those courses are probably one of the reasons I’ve always had a bike, no matter where I lived, even if it was a bike unfriendly town.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:21:43 +0000

Yo… your presentation about who/what/how the bike plan works at the beginning of the meeting was really great, do you have a copy/video/audio of it?

It would be really useful talking to other people who plan to attend the NELA meeting on wed…

By: Evil on Trial: A day after look at the Mandeville Canyon case « BikingInLA

Evil on Trial: A day after look at the Mandeville Canyon case « BikingInLA — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:36:25 +0000

[...] Alex offers 12 principles for a more effective bike plan, while Stephen Box imagines what the city could be like if the mayor rode a bike. Joe Linton looks [...]

By: Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:55:42 +0000

ha ha – yeah – as Machiavelli said, “make no small plans.” We’ll be stoked to have you there.

By: danceralamode

danceralamode — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:48:12 +0000

I love the “take no prisoners” approach. Either do it right or not at all. I’ll be there if I can when you all present this plan so I can show my support.