Bikeside LA

When I met with my fellow Bikesiders and we talked about crawling out of our blogger caves and facing the public voices in person, I was amazed to find the hard questions of the internet discussed directly and intelligently in the open forum: Bikeside SPEAKS!

On Tuesday, April 20, eight cyclists gathered at the Venice Neighborhood Council prepared to face the walls of questions and disagreements we had previously encountered only two weeks prior at the Venice Neighborhood Committee. However, in a surprise turn of events, all Council Members unanimously approved The Cyclists’ Bill of Rights! As each cyclists arrived, [...]

Westsidazz: Malia Jones, on behalf of cyclists in West LA, has placed the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights on the agenda of the Palms Neighborhood Council! Come out and show your support for the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights, and encourage the Palms Neighborhood Council to give it a rousing, ringing, and unanimous endorsement. When: Wednesday, July [...]

I rode to the Mar Vista Community Council armored with the knowledge that 28 cyclists confirmed their attendance on Facebook, and I had copies with me of an eloquent plea from Ted Rogers (BikingInLA) for the Mar Vista CC to endorse the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights.  When I arrived I saw one bike.  Not five, [...]

(Shane Cox Quentin speaks to the LA City Council at Storm the Bastille) Tomorrow the Mar Vista Community Council is considering endorsing the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights (CBR.)  Who wants to go and speak in support?  We’ll meet at Bikerowave at 6:15 and ride over to the meeting at about 6:30pm.  The Mar Vista Community [...]