Bikeside LA

A note to the LA Times: do your research!  In an article on the cyclist anti-harassment ordinance, Shelby Grad writes:
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to study ways to protect cyclists.
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Among the ideas being consider: creating bike sharing lanes in certain areas, improving training for police and creating a cyclist “Bill [...]

Word just came in from Thomas Baker (via Joe Linton) that the Northridge East Neighborhood Council endorsed the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights:
I was able to propose a Motion on the Northridge East Neighborhood Councils last General Board Meeting Sept. 16, 2009 to Endorse the Bicycle Bill of Rights. The Motion was voted on and Passed [...]

I meant to post about it on July 8th, when it happened, but I was sweating a fever at the time.  And then my dad came to town, and then I spent a bunch of time engineering the deal on the new Bikerowave location.  Well now you know:
The Palms Neighborhood Council endorsed the Cyclists’ Bill [...]

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 8th, [...]

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 Council [...]

(Better late than never?  Writers block plagues me, so I’m sorry if this is a bit dense.)
Are you free Friday?  Ride with us to support the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights.  The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee will review the progress of the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights this Friday at 1pm (Facebook event listing.)  It’s [...]

****Rosendahl’s Office has cancelled this meeting****
On July 4th Stephen Box called me up and told me that two cyclists had just been assaulted by a motorist. The motorist had slammed on his brakes in front of them, intentionally, while they were descending Mandeville Canyon Rd at 30 mph. One cyclist had to have [...]

While everybody was out drinking themselves into a green oblivion Monday night, seven members of the Bike Writers Collective (BWC) were having “wholesome sober” fun attending the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council. The Council adopted the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights in full, leaving the bloggers of the Bike Writers Collective giddy.

(bikers totally love the constitution, which is why we electronically deface it, if that makes any sense)

Bikers across LA loved the idea of a Bicyclist Bill of Rights, so a draft for the community’s consideration has been whipped up by some folks from the Bike Writers Collective: