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Also Coming Later Today: L.A.’s Bike Plan
Via the LADOT Bike Blog comes the news cyclists and community activists have been waiting for: The Department of City Planning and LADOT will finally be releasing the final draft of the Bike Plan, a mere half a year behind schedule. Sources at LADOT have told me to expect the new plan to appear at labikeplan.org later today. The Bike Blog offers a preview of some of the differences we can expect between the much-panned draft released last summer and the new version:
June 18, 2010
Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow
Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects reached a new high last year, according to a report released yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration.
In terms of dollars, federal investment in walking and biking more than
doubled compared to the previous high, set in 2007, thanks largely to
an infusion of $400 million in stimulus funds.
June 17, 2010
Notes from Saturdays Bicycle and Pedestrian Meeting in Culver City
(If you live in Culver City, get your comments in on how you'd like your city to improve things for "people powered transportation" by June 18! - DN)
June 14, 2010
No Objections to Rosendahl/Garcetti Mode Count Motion
In 2008, then Metro Board Chair, and current Board Member and Santa Monica City Council Woman Pam O'Connor wrote during one of her online chats that,
June 11, 2010
Two-Year Outreach for Culver City’s Bike-Ped. Plan Ends This Saturday
I became passionate about biking when I lived in Paris. Mayor Bertrand Delanoe had implemented a bold transportation plan making biking safe, practical, accessible and fun. When I moved back here, I decided not to get caught up in the L.A. car culture: riding rather than driving whenever possible, and teaching my two kids to do the same. I have high hopes for my hometown Culver City, which has the perfect size and demographics to become truly bicycle and pedestrian friendly.
June 10, 2010
LA Bicycle Advisory Committee Convenes with LAPD as Tensions Run High
The revolution would not be televised -- or so we thought. Hushed by the darkened room, more than 50 bicyclists, police officers, members of the media, and community leaders turned toward the projector to watch a film clip that everyone had just confirmed, by a show of hands, that they had already seen.
June 2, 2010
The Week That Was: Last Week, Rampant Optimism for LAPD/Cyclist Relationship
Remember this?
June 1, 2010
On National Bike to Work Day, U.S. DOT and Cycling Advocates Eye New Moves
In addition to the announcement of
a new local bike-share system, today's D.C. Bike to Work Day found both
the U.S. DOT and the nation's leading bike advocacy groups positioning
themselves to claim new victories for cyclists in the coming days.
May 24, 2010