Comments on: Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/ Culture, Community, and the Ride that takes you there. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How Green Is My Valley http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12076 How Green Is My Valley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:43 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12076 Whoops. That should have been "using Metro and bikes." It's the combination that is under-supported. Whoops. That should have been “using Metro and bikes.” It’s the combination that is under-supported.

]]> By: David http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12072 David Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:03:21 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12072 I attended a recent public presentation of the bike plan. It was pretty uninspiring. It seemed to me that most of it was generic bicycle planning stuff that could have been pulled from any bike plan. I saw very little detail about specific projects and applications. I saw no original thought. It's basically, squeeze in a bike lane here and there and call it a day. Pretty discouraging overall. I attended a recent public presentation of the bike plan. It was pretty uninspiring. It seemed to me that most of it was generic bicycle planning stuff that could have been pulled from any bike plan. I saw very little detail about specific projects and applications. I saw no original thought. It’s basically, squeeze in a bike lane here and there and call it a day. Pretty discouraging overall.

]]> By: How Green Is My Valley http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12071 How Green Is My Valley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:12:44 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12071 I'd love to see more support for multimodalism. There are more and more cyclists using Commuter Express buses, and people of all socio-economic levels have been using Metro for ages. For most of L.A., biking is part of the solution. Most of us aren't able to cover the distances we need to on bikes, but we can cover parts of them. Infrastructure that supports that is essential to mass transit and civic sanity. I’d love to see more support for multimodalism. There are more and more cyclists using Commuter Express buses, and people of all socio-economic levels have been using Metro for ages.

For most of L.A., biking is part of the solution. Most of us aren’t able to cover the distances we need to on bikes, but we can cover parts of them. Infrastructure that supports that is essential to mass transit and civic sanity.

]]> By: How Green Is My Valley http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12070 How Green Is My Valley Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:06:41 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12070 [...] Tagged: biking, cycling, L.A. Bike Plan. Leave a Comment Illuminate LA has a great post titled “Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan.” I have another [...] [...] Tagged: biking, cycling, L.A. Bike Plan. Leave a Comment Illuminate LA has a great post titled “Why Non-Cyclists Should Care About the LA Bike Plan.” I have another [...]

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]]> By: ramonchu http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12058 ramonchu Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:07:32 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12058 The City of LA has clearly seen the rise in the ranks of bicyclists, they've seen our community complexify, our rides multiply, our culture solidify, and they don't like it one bit. The Draft 2009 Bike Plan is a deliberate attack on bicyclists here in Los Angeles, meant to curtail our growth before we start really shaking things up. Your guess is as good as mine as to why the City has taken this stance (maybe Jaime de la Vega just can't take driving behind bicyclists in his Hummer anymore). But I suspect a large part of it has to do with miscommunication. While plenty of by-bicyclists-for-bicyclists media exists, I predict very little of it makes sense beyond the already converted, or even to those bicyclists who may ride, but have not already formed an identity of themselves as such. So this article is a step in the right direction; as our movement builds capacity we need to be deliberately targeting "non-bicyclists" (though unlike the Draft Plan, I believe EVERYONE is a potential bicyclist, and that bicyclists are everyone), framing the debate as much more broad and inclusive and building bridges with new allies. To continued success in this direction, The City of LA has clearly seen the rise in the ranks of bicyclists, they’ve seen our community complexify, our rides multiply, our culture solidify, and they don’t like it one bit. The Draft 2009 Bike Plan is a deliberate attack on bicyclists here in Los Angeles, meant to curtail our growth before we start really shaking things up. Your guess is as good as mine as to why the City has taken this stance (maybe Jaime de la Vega just can’t take driving behind bicyclists in his Hummer anymore). But I suspect a large part of it has to do with miscommunication. While plenty of by-bicyclists-for-bicyclists media exists, I predict very little of it makes sense beyond the already converted, or even to those bicyclists who may ride, but have not already formed an identity of themselves as such. So this article is a step in the right direction; as our movement builds capacity we need to be deliberately targeting “non-bicyclists” (though unlike the Draft Plan, I believe EVERYONE is a potential bicyclist, and that bicyclists are everyone), framing the debate as much more broad and inclusive and building bridges with new allies. To continued success in this direction,

]]> By: danceralamode http://illuminatela.com/why-non-cyclists-should-care-about-the-la-bike-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-12044 danceralamode Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:43 +0000 http://illuminatela.com/?p=616#comment-12044 Beautifully said. So much so, I hope you don't mind if I link to your post. I've been trying to think of ways to explain this issue to my family and friends, but you've done it so succinctly and logically, I have to share it. Beautifully said. So much so, I hope you don’t mind if I link to your post. I’ve been trying to think of ways to explain this issue to my family and friends, but you’ve done it so succinctly and logically, I have to share it.

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