Bikeside LA

Bill Rosendahl’s motion to ask the City Attorney to draft a anti-harassment ordinance will be heard in Public Safety Committee on Monday.  From Rosendahl’s Transportation deputy, Paul Backstrom:
Please be advised that the anti-harassment ordinance will be heard in Public Safety committee this coming Monday, January 11 at 9:30 AM (item #4 on the agenda) in [...]

Westside Bikeside got hacked like you wouldn’t believe.  SIX times.  For a few weeks this has been the hottest Cialis pushing bike blog in the universe.
So if you’ve had problems reaching the website, or with your RSS feed of Email subscription, that could be why.
Stop by and check out how the site has been made [...]

Starting at 4pm pst on Friday December 18th, theStream.tv will be hosting a 24 hour streaming cycling themed fundraiser supporting the Pablove Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of children with cancer.  The Stream Team will be taking turns riding a stationary bike for the 24 hours in addition to featuring live music, interactive [...]

Michelle Mowery said that LA did not get the same robust Bike Plan process as Portland in part because Portland is “very white” and LA is “a very diverse, disjointed city.”  Mowery, LA DOT’s Bicycle Coordinator, made her assertion Wednesday in LA City Council Transportation Committee.  Here’s the transcript with Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s question and [...]

Nick Richert, one of the founders of Bike Talk, is leading the Santee High School Debate team in an effort to green LA by bike.  They’ll be riding from Santee to Venice High to plant trees, that they’ll be carrying by bike.  Jeremy Grant says they’ll be getting help from the Greensters, the bike crew [...]

Jeremy Grant, who writes This Is Not A Bike Blog, took the Bike Plan Challenge I issued to write the introduction to LA’s Best Bike Plan, the bike plan authored by cyclists, for cyclists.  I loved this paragraph:
The Best Bicycle Plan is a proactive vision that will offer success for the whole community; a [...]

David Pura took my challenge to write the introduction to LA’s Best Bike Plan, the bike plan written for cyclists, by cyclists:

Bicyclists can, and will, ride on every city street; California law allows as much.
Bicyclists, pedestrians, social vehicles and private vehicles will equally share the privileges and responsibilities of the public realm; these will be [...]

WIN!  Jane Blumenfeld, who I recently criticized, wrote activists today to tell us the public comment period has been reinstated and extended to January 8th:
City staff will take comments on the draft Bicycle Plan (which can be read on line at labikeplan.org) until January 8th, 2010.
YEEEHAWWW!  Thank you Jane for doing the right thing [...]

“If you read the actual list of facilities and add up all the miles, then you’d be aware that the plan only calls for *28 new miles* of bike lanes.” – Joe Linton. Just 28 miles.

(updated to include proper spelling and title for Jane Blumenfeld, hat tip Joe Linton)
The Planning Department has been misleading people, telling people that their comments will be considered in the LA Bike Plan after the public comment period has passed.  Even better, the Planning Department refused to extend the deadline, but the recipient of the [...]