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I don't think it's listed in the event yet, but there will be a movie at Bikerowave afterward, and we will ride to the meeting from Bikerowave at 6:15 sharp.
I'm personally pretty disappointed that there are only four meetings for 3.8 million Los Angelenos, and they gave us less than a month's notice. LAME.
I know Chunk disagrees, and thinks we should just be grateful to have some input on how OUR city runs. Let's hear it Chunk, I love to hear people who are soft on the city. Go CARS!!
Aside from being really pissed off about having our side of town (tha eastside/n.eastside) ignored, I'd really like to put together a solid set of commentary for the evening.
What is the LADOT working on right now with this plan?
Who has ultimate say in what goes into it? It is, after all, an urban planning document being put together by the lovely meter maids at the LADOT (which makes very little sense to me).
I know they are just trying to get something put together quickyl to ask for money for bicycle programs, but this is a golden political opportunity for bicycles to really get pushed into the mainstream of political thought on the future of L.A.
It is too narrow a focus to try and get a flimsy Bike Plan document together to fund more lane-widenings for cars and recreational trails.
This past week LA City Councilmember Ed Reyes convened the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee and the Transportation Committee led by Wendy Greuel.
The Special Meeting's first piece of business was to vote on the Reyes Motion instructing...
"...the Planning Department, in collaboration with LADOT, and in consultation with Council District 1, on the following bicycling and land use policy directives, as part of the new bicycle Plan, a section of the Transportation Element of the General Plan, that is currently being prepared:
1. Identify Council District 1 as a pilot project to implement the bicycle improvements enumerated in the text of the Motion.
2. Plan a public workshop in Council District 1 in early 2008 to gather input from residents, bicyclists, businesses, and all other stakeholders to map out where the above mentioned bicycle improvements would work in their communities. The workshops should be accessible to people of all ethnic backgrounds and abilities.
3. The inclusion of street designations for bicycling within Community Plans."
Apparently the cycling community isn't alone in feeling shut-out of the process. Apparently the cycling community isn't alone in thinking that 4 two-hour meetings are insufficient for public input if the objective is to truly survey the 485 square miles of Los Angeles.
It's encouraging to see that CD1 is a potential home for innovations such as "Bike Boulevards, Complete Streets and Green Streets."
Your opportunity to provide input is coming quickly. Join us for a ride to the Bicycle Master Plan Workshops.
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