Comments on: C.I.C.L.E. Announces Campaign to Make N.E.L.A. More Bike Friendly http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/18/c-i-c-l-e-announces-campaign-to-make-n-e-l-a-more-bike-friendly/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: roadblock http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/18/c-i-c-l-e-announces-campaign-to-make-n-e-l-a-more-bike-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-558274 roadblock Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:37:28 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=21271#comment-558274 Street by street, block by block, taking it all back. Street by street, block by block, taking it all back.

]]> By: dudeonabike http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/18/c-i-c-l-e-announces-campaign-to-make-n-e-l-a-more-bike-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-50081 dudeonabike Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:27 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=21271#comment-50081 This is great news--hopefully for the kids in the area. My kids go to Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts, which is (hopefully) relocating to the Media Center complex just behind Super King later in 2010, LAUSD is opening a behemoth school just a bit further south, and the area has very low car ownership rates (from what I'm told). San Fernando Rd sucks for kids to be riding on right there, but it would be great if some SRTS could be brought to the neighborhood and all the kiddies could hop on some bike caravans to get to school. Go CICLE's Families and Bikes (FAB) Rides! This is great news–hopefully for the kids in the area. My kids go to Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts, which is (hopefully) relocating to the Media Center complex just behind Super King later in 2010, LAUSD is opening a behemoth school just a bit further south, and the area has very low car ownership rates (from what I’m told). San Fernando Rd sucks for kids to be riding on right there, but it would be great if some SRTS could be brought to the neighborhood and all the kiddies could hop on some bike caravans to get to school.

Go CICLE’s Families and Bikes (FAB) Rides!

]]> By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/18/c-i-c-l-e-announces-campaign-to-make-n-e-l-a-more-bike-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-50071 ubrayj02 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:16 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=21271#comment-50071 (1) I am on board, as are most at the Bike Oven, to help. If you've got the staff time, please contact Ramon Martinez or Veronica J. at the Oven. These two have been hustling to do this sort of thing and need some help/networking effect on their efforts. (2) Matt from Cafe de Leche is trying to install L.A.'s first bike parking corral in front of his cafe. Councilman Huizar has found some money, but he needs some support to bring the bike corral to fruition. (3) Get all the traffic survey data possible! It turns out that most of NELA's busiest streets are actually BELOW their minimum requirements as Major Class I, Class II or Secondary Class I or ClassII highways! This means that the roads are not being used by enough cars - which also means that degrading peak hour auto throughput to LOS D by putting in traffic calming and bike/ped/and transit facilities is totally okay, and only faces political hurdles (not legal hurdles as the LADOT likes to claim). (4) I would use the 1996 bike plan only so much - because people around here will respond better to "slower cars", "safer streets", "better for business" over "Yay! Bike Lanes!". Maybe bike lanes aren't what is needed in every case, but it's a good starting point. (1) I am on board, as are most at the Bike Oven, to help. If you’ve got the staff time, please contact Ramon Martinez or Veronica J. at the Oven. These two have been hustling to do this sort of thing and need some help/networking effect on their efforts.

(2) Matt from Cafe de Leche is trying to install L.A.’s first bike parking corral in front of his cafe. Councilman Huizar has found some money, but he needs some support to bring the bike corral to fruition.

(3) Get all the traffic survey data possible! It turns out that most of NELA’s busiest streets are actually BELOW their minimum requirements as Major Class I, Class II or Secondary Class I or ClassII highways! This means that the roads are not being used by enough cars – which also means that degrading peak hour auto throughput to LOS D by putting in traffic calming and bike/ped/and transit facilities is totally okay, and only faces political hurdles (not legal hurdles as the LADOT likes to claim).

(4) I would use the 1996 bike plan only so much – because people around here will respond better to “slower cars”, “safer streets”, “better for business” over “Yay! Bike Lanes!”. Maybe bike lanes aren’t what is needed in every case, but it’s a good starting point.

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