Bikeside LA

Bill Rosendahl and Paul Koretz sponsored a motion to spend $30 million dollars on 2 miles of bike path (report by the Chief Legislative Analyst – pdf), extending the beach bike path further north.  That’s FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS per mile.
Resolution (Rosendahl – Koretz) to include in the City’s 2009-2010 Federal Legislative Program SPONSORSHIP and/or SUPPORT [...]

Wednesday’s Transportation Committee will prove a litmus test on Rosendahl’s tenure as Chairman of the Transportation Committee.  Rosendahl will steer the committee in deciding whether to approve speed limit increases on Chandler, Beverly Glen, and Riverside Drive (LAist).  Will Rosendahl take proactive measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians, or sweep away progress thus far and [...]

Waaaay back on December 9th, Councilman (CD11) Bill Rosendahl asked 12 tough questions of city staff – Michelle Mowery, Jordann Turner, and Jane Blumenfeld (who is E-RIPping) – about the proposed LA Bike Plan.  I think the responses to the these questions are telling, so I clipped out the section and you can listen to [...]

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 [...]

(originally printed on City Watch on Monday.  Sign up for City Watch here.)
Bill Rosendahl, LA City Council Transportation Committee Chair, can be a great champion of any cause, but lately he is missed by cyclists and transportation advocates.  And so, if I may begin this public comment with my “ask”, I ask Bill to re-engage [...]

Thanks to Ken Alpern, I was able to attend the Council District 11 (Bill Rosendahl) Transportation Advisory Committee.  We discussed the draft LA Bike Plan, and we passed two motions, unanimously (with 1 abstention each.)
The 1st Motion:
The first, was authored by the committee collectively, with Jay Handel (West LA NC) at the lead:
Because the LADOT [...]

The draft LA Bike Master Plan was released today, 6 months late:
The public can submit comments at the public workshops, via the project website [www.labikeplan.org] or by mail on or before November 6, 2009
The plan is 6 months late, and we only have six weeks to submit comments?  That may seem like a lot of [...]

Dan Gutierrez & Brian DeSousa rode Mandeville Canyon on Saturday and recorded it to demonstrate proper lane positioning. The video confirms what many suspected – the two cyclists assaulted and injured were correct in taking the lane during their descent: