The City of Los Angeles has finally released the Draft Bike Plan almost two years after the process was set in motion and has established a 42 day window for public comments.

The Bike Writers Collective is going to make some comments! We want your help!

Join us as we review the Draft Bike Plan, break into workshop groups, assemble talking points and prepare to actively engage the City of Los Angeles in the process of creating a powerful and visionary Bike Plan with real teeth that will actually give the cyclists of Los Angeles a tool for supporting the rights of cyclists on the streets of Los Angeles.

Pdf's of the draft plan here:

http://www.labikeplan.com

Talking points:

1) Include the Cyclists' Bill of Rights, as written, in the Bike Plan.

2) Open the vision with "Consider all streets in Los Angeles as streets that cyclists will ride."

3) Extend the comment period from 42 days to at least 90 days. (until Friday, Jan 8, 2010)

4) Replace soft words (should,may, might) with words of imperative (shall, must, will) and give the Bike Plan real teeth so that it serves to direct the many City of LA Departments that have a piece of the streets.

5) Provide real comparative analysis of the old plan vs. the new plan and actually show an improvement over the old plan.

6) Conduct an EIR in order to galvanize the Bike Plan so that it is actually implement-ready rather than shelf-ready.

7) Leave your feedback here, bring your laptop and your notes and join us on Saturday as we work to make LA's Bike Plan the best and the most effective plan possible.

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Los Angeles City College - Faculty Lounge Hollywood Adventist Church
Street: 855 N. Vermont Avenue 1711 N. Van Ness Ave.
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA 90029 90028

 

All Day and Everywhere, Friday, September 18th LA is celebrating Park[ing] Day!

LOAD[ing] Zone meeting spots:

RIDE-IN Movie

Screening:

CONTESTED STREETS, ALLEY CATS & TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE

http://shar.es/14Bn

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Dark gray sedan four-door; 6GYC11. Keep your eyes open! If you do happen to see a vehicle matching that info — one with hood and possibly windshield damage — please call 213-972-1825 or email BikeHitandRun@gmail.com

Members of the Bike Writers Collective (http://bikewriterscollective.com) are flying to Sacramento to speak in support of the "Safe Streets" bill AB766 and they will take letters of support with them. You can read more about it on http://thirdeyecreative.net/safestreets/soapboxlanews-may409.html

Please, pass this link or the blog or the message on to your friends, family, coworkers, etc. and ask them to send letters of support to safestreets@bikewriterscollective.com

These letters are due by Saturday, May 9th. The gang is flying on Sunday so they need to have it all printed and packed. :-)

You can find some links to the Members blogs on this bill on:

http://illuminatela.com/la-was-made-for-walking

Thank you and keep on riding!

RIDE WITH US!

05.7.09

Thursday

START TIME: 11 am

On Thursday we ride in support of AB766, the "Safe Streets" bill that will require local public hearings to consider the safety of cyclists and pedestrians when establishing the speed limits in our communities.

Continue to read for more info at:

http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=2863

http://illuminatela.com/la-was-made-for-walking

http://thirdeyecreative.net/safestreets/soapboxlanews-may409.html

Feb. 28th, 2-10pm

Melrose & Heliotrope

Ride with Us and Celebrate Art with Us!

East Hollywood Merges Creativity and Cycling in Celebration of Neighborhood's Emerging Arts Scene

ArtCycle event features gallery visits and Hel-Mel after party

ON HELIOTROPE @ MELROSE: THE STREET IS CLOSED FOR ART!!!

From 2-10pm Artists will take over the street to show their work. A silk screening booth will be on the street so you can take away a memento of your day. If you bring your own shirt you only pay the cost of the ink!! You can even get your shirt inked by a bicycle that paints your clothes with it's wheel! Bring a shirt!!!

Starting at 3PM we will offer a short walking tour (under 30 mins) of the Heliotrope and Melrose area. It will run every hour until 8pm.

During the day we have enlisted the awesome Salsa Dancers from Salsarologo will show us their moves on the street.

Telematique is playing: a violin/cello duo who plays over live loops, sings in french and weaves a tapestry of sound to entice listeners into a world of sweet melodies, intense strings dynamics all within the nicely packaged pop song sensibility.

Local restaurants will be be on hand all day to take care of the appetite you work up on your ride! Hel/Mel Gallery spaces will be providing live music between 6 and 8PM.

DJs will make music to your ears in the evening hours!!

At 8PM, Killsonic will march through the streets with their unorthodox collection of musical instruments.

THE RIDES: GET TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!!

2PM Sunset Junction Ride Arrive at 2pm if you want to be in the first bike ride of the day. we will depart together from Heliotrope and Melrose and meander over to Sunset Junction stopping along the way at historic points of interest (including a Carnagie Library), artist studios and galleries.

3PM Hollywood Blvd Ride at 3pm another group will depart together from heliotrope and melrose and meander over Hollywood Blvd stopping along the way at historic points of interest (including Barnsdall Art Park and Charles Bukowski's former apartment), artist studios and galleries.

4PM Sunset Junction Ride If you missed the 2pm ride, another Sunset Junction ride will be offered at 4pm.

5PM Hollywood Blvd Ride If you missed the 3PM, Hollywood Blvd ride, another will be offered at 5pm. Each ride will last about an hour and a half. If you want to go on your own, a map will be provided!!

For more info visit www.easthollywoodartcycle.com

"We ARE the Festival!"

Host: Bike Writers Collective
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Mulholland Fountain - Corner of Los Feliz Boulevard & Riverside
3700 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles

Contact Info:
323.864.7586 or Stephen@illuminateLA.com

It's the opening of the "Yay for Motorists! Nay for Cyclists!" Griffith Park Light Festival.

The DWP, in an effort to help the City of LA become "America's Greenest City," has banned cyclists from the auto-centric, environmental nightmare known as the Griffith Park Light Festival.

This year approximately half million people will arrive at Griffith Park, the largest urban wilderness park in the country, while they will sit in idling automobiles for 90 minutes while they wait for their opportunity to drive through the one-mile long Festival of Lights.

Join us as we once again adorn ourselves in the appropriate holiday decorations and ride through the gridlock, sharing holiday goodwill and cheer with all those trapped in their fossil fuel burning, infernal combustion machines of horror.

Bring a thermos, a flask, a friend or two and some bail money. After all, cyclists are forbidden from riding in the Griffith Park Light Festival! Holidays are for motorists!

We need your support! Join us!

Post and discussion on Midnight Ridazz:

http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=2120

Facebook events page:

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb/event.php?eid=54262026624

Westside Bikeside post:

http://www.westsidebikeside.com/friday-1pm-the-cyclists-bill-of-rights-at-la-city-council/

CitiWatch post:

http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/1779/75/

IlluminateLA post:

http://illuminatela.com/cyclists-bill-of-rights-to-city-council/

Twitter update from the City Council meeting:

http://twitter.com/SoapBoxLA

Join the Bike Writers Collective page on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb/group.php?gid=9207182655

See you all at 1 pm at City Hall!

Ride on!

Hey Ridazz,

TONIGHT, OCTOBER 13TH, the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council is voting on the Cyclists' Bill of Rights.


If you are in the hood, come to the meeting.


MEETING STARTS AT 6:30 pm

LOCATION:
Sherman Oaks Elementary School Auditorium
14755 Greenleaf St. -> Enter auditorium from Dickens St.

Sherman Oaks.
, 91403
(Bus Rapid 750, and Bus 150, 158 and 240 will drop you off on Ventura and Van Nuys. From there it's just a few blocks to the meeting. You can walk it or ride it. -> Enter auditorium from Dickens St.
!)

Map link: ON GOOGLE HERE.