Comments on: Sometimes, not riding is the right thing to do http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/ A two wheeled guide to the streets of Los Angeles Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alex Thompson http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/#comment-235 Alex Thompson Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:53:11 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=488#comment-235 It was nice to finally meet you in person. I was heartened to see such a good turnout, though I aim to make it standing room only in the future! It was nice to finally meet you in person. I was heartened to see such a good turnout, though I aim to make it standing room only in the future!

]]> By: Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/#comment-232 Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:57:33 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=488#comment-232 [...] Cyclists Look at Friday's Meeting (Biking in LA, Illuminate LA, Soap Box, Soap Box, Soap [...] [...] Cyclists Look at Friday’s Meeting (Biking in LA, Illuminate LA, Soap Box, Soap Box, Soap [...]

]]> By: Damien Newton http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/#comment-228 Damien Newton Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:53:57 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=488#comment-228 It was pretty awesome to see us pack a board room like that...a hundred cyclists, ready to take part in the process...Unfortunately, we'll still see a lot of setbacks before we get the kind of changes we want to see, and I hope the enthusiasm stays high. In the meantime, I wrote up a draft letter on bike licensing that people should feel free to use if they want to get City Council to take up this issue. Rosendahl, LaBonge and Parks all seemed ready to go... councilmember.greuel@lacity.org, councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org, councilmember.parks@lacity.org, councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org, Councilmember.labonge@lacity.org, Dear Member of the City Council XXX, As a committed cyclists, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for respect and concern you showed at last Friday's committee hearing on bicycling, bicycling infrastructure, and bicyclists rights. During the sometimes heated hearing, you continued to listen to our concerns and questions. While it is not going to be easy to recreate Los Angeles as a cycling haven, there is one thing that can be done quickly and that is placing a moratorium on the bicycle licensing program. Whether a mandatory program is necessary is a conversation that can't occur until cyclists are not being harassed for not having a sticker license that is difficult to obtain and not being distributed by the LAPD as they are required to. Unfortuntately, as you saw on Friday, the LAPD doesn't seem interested in suspending their uneven enforecement of bike licensing even after being confronted on the program several times by Council Members LaBonge, Parks and Rosendahl at last week's hearing. To that end, we are asking that you not let go of this issue and that you quickly introduce a motion to suspend the program. We understand that Councilman Rosdenahl will not be at tomorrow's hearing, but that doesn't mean you cannot take action. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to working with you in the future on other bike-related issues. Sincerely, X It was pretty awesome to see us pack a board room like that…a hundred cyclists, ready to take part in the process…Unfortunately, we’ll still see a lot of setbacks before we get the kind of changes we want to see, and I hope the enthusiasm stays high.

In the meantime, I wrote up a draft letter on bike licensing that people should feel free to use if they want to get City Council to take up this issue. Rosendahl, LaBonge and Parks all seemed ready to go…

councilmember.greuel@lacity.org, councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org, councilmember.parks@lacity.org, councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org, Councilmember.labonge@lacity.org,

Dear Member of the City Council XXX,

As a committed cyclists, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for respect and concern you showed at last Friday’s committee hearing on bicycling, bicycling infrastructure, and bicyclists rights. During the sometimes heated hearing, you continued to listen to our concerns and questions.

While it is not going to be easy to recreate Los Angeles as a cycling haven, there is one thing that can be done quickly and that is placing a moratorium on the bicycle licensing program. Whether a mandatory program is necessary is a conversation that can’t occur until cyclists are not being harassed for not having a sticker license that is difficult to obtain and not being distributed by the LAPD as they are required to.

Unfortuntately, as you saw on Friday, the LAPD doesn’t seem interested in suspending their uneven enforecement of bike licensing even after being confronted on the program several times by Council Members LaBonge, Parks and Rosendahl at last week’s hearing. To that end, we are asking that you not let go of this issue and that you quickly introduce a motion to suspend the program. We understand that Councilman Rosdenahl will not be at tomorrow’s hearing, but that doesn’t mean you cannot take action.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to working with you in the future on other bike-related issues.

Sincerely,

X

]]> By: bikinginla http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/#comment-227 bikinginla Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:29:28 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=488#comment-227 Yeah, I thought I didn't have time to ride, but I doubt it could have taken any longer — and it would definitely have been more fun. And it was great to finally meet you and Stephan, and so many others who are doing so much more than just talk about making this city a better, and safer, place to ride. Yeah, I thought I didn’t have time to ride, but I doubt it could have taken any longer — and it would definitely have been more fun. And it was great to finally meet you and Stephan, and so many others who are doing so much more than just talk about making this city a better, and safer, place to ride.

]]> By: Enci http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/sometimes-not-riding-is-the-right-thing-to-do/#comment-226 Enci Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:13:53 +0000 http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/?p=488#comment-226 It was great meeting you after the meeting! If you want to ride with the west siders next time let us know. It will be more fun then driving :-) It was great meeting you after the meeting! If you want to ride with the west siders next time let us know. It will be more fun then driving :-)

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