Comments on: Whose Bill of Rights? http://illuminatela.com/whose-bill-of-rights/ Culture, Community, and the Ride that takes you there. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Streetsblog LA » Coming Soon: Bike Bill of Rights http://illuminatela.com/whose-bill-of-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Streetsblog LA » Coming Soon: Bike Bill of Rights Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:12:55 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/whose-bill-of-rights/#comment-511 [...] Soon: Bike Bill of Rights Activists, Bloggers, and Ridazz are fired up about a new idea from Illuminate LA's Stephen Box called the [...] [...] Soon: Bike Bill of Rights Activists, Bloggers, and Ridazz are fired up about a new idea from Illuminate LA’s Stephen Box called the [...]

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]]> By: Damien Newton http://illuminatela.com/whose-bill-of-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Damien Newton Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:37:06 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/whose-bill-of-rights/#comment-486 I think that any Bill of Rights needs to address three distinct points: 1) What happens on the roads 2) What happens when funding decisions are made 3) What happens in the press I've been stunned since I've been out here that the press completely ignores the plight of cyclists on the roads unless they can turn it into a human interest story of some sort. When reading through the morning papers today I was stunned that there was actually coverage of some of the pedestrian fatalities, but bike fatalities are still barely spoken of. To create better awareness that cyclists aren't just a bunch of freaks and what we experience when we go out on our bikes we need to somehow also get the press to cover our stories and not just when there's a charismatic figure like Monica somehow involved. On another note, I used to be a lobbyist and a legislative aide back east. If I can be any help in drafting this Bike Bill of Rights, let me know. I think that any Bill of Rights needs to address three distinct points:

1) What happens on the roads
2) What happens when funding decisions are made
3) What happens in the press

I’ve been stunned since I’ve been out here that the press completely ignores the plight of cyclists on the roads unless they can turn it into a human interest story of some sort. When reading through the morning papers today I was stunned that there was actually coverage of some of the pedestrian fatalities, but bike fatalities are still barely spoken of. To create better awareness that cyclists aren’t just a bunch of freaks and what we experience when we go out on our bikes we need to somehow also get the press to cover our stories and not just when there’s a charismatic figure like Monica somehow involved.

On another note, I used to be a lobbyist and a legislative aide back east. If I can be any help in drafting this Bike Bill of Rights, let me know.

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