LACBC
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition Newsletter

December 1, 2011 

In this issue
Join Us for the Larchmont Holiday Sunday Funday Ride This Weekend
LA Streetsblog Honors LACBC Staff & Former Intern with Streetsie Awards
Join the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition to Make WeHo More Bike-able
LA County Bike Plan Gets a Boost from Supervisor Yaroslavsky & the Board
Mini Roundabouts Are Coming to 4th Street
Shape the Arroyo Seco Parkway Corridor
Prioritize Your Streets: Take the BPIT Survey
We're Looking for County Bike Plan Workshop Locations in Central and South LA
Video of the Week: La Gente Magazine Interviews Bici Libre Interview Video
Events, Meetings, & Volunteer Opportunities
theLarchmontJoin Us for the Larchmont Holiday Sunday Funday Ride This Weekend
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When: Sunday, December 3; Meet at 4:30 PM
Where: Meet at Rotary Club Christmas Tree Lot - 568 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles

It's the Holidays! Kids young and old look forward to this special magical time all year, and now that it is here, LACBC's ongoing Sunday Funday ride series is celebrating with our first evening ride that is especially geared for you to bring the kids. Our Holiday ride combines cycling fun with caroling, cookies, and cocoa in the beautiful Larchmont Village.

We will meet at 4:30 PM at the Christmas Tree lot on Larchmont Blvd. just south of Clinton street on the east side of the street. We'll ride approximately two miles around the neighborhoods surrounding Larchmont and Larchmont Blvd. itself, stopping to admire the dazzling decorations, sing carols to holiday shoppers, and enjoy some cocoa and cookies afterwards.

The route is flat and suitable for even the littlest riders. Heavy rain cancels. Helmets required for children under 18.

Please RSVP to Carol Feucht at [email protected]. See Facebook event.
LA Streetsblog Honors LACBC Staff & Former Intern With Streetsie Awards Streetsies

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It's that time of year again, when LA Streetsblog honors those who have contributed to make the region more livable and sustainable through the Streetsie awards. LACBC is thrilled to have staff and a former intern honored with Streetsies awards this year.

 

Congratulations to our own Program & Campaigns Manager Colin Bogart for being awarded with the Advocate of the Year Streetsie for his work with Glendale's Safe & Healthy Streets Initiative and all the other campaigns and programs he works on!

 

Congratulations to our former intern Rye Baerg for being awarded with the Government Worker of the Year Streetsie for his work drafting the City of LA's Bike Parking Ordinance!

 

 LA Streetsblog is also holding its first annual End of the Year Party to honor award-winners and raise funds. Come on by for food, drinks, a silent auction, and mingling with some of your favorite people working for livable streets.

 

LA Streetsblog End of the Year Party

When: Thursday, December 8; 6:30 PM

Where: St. Andrew's Lutheran Church - 11555 National Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90064

 

Check out 10 reasons to go to the party and read more about the other Streetsie winners at LA Streetsblog.

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Join the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition to Make WeHo More Bike-able
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Ride & Rally for the WeHo City Council meeting

When: Monday, December 5; Meet at 4:30 PM and roll at 5 PM sharp
Where: Meet at Plummer Park - (in front of the community center building)

Join the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition on a ride to the December 5 City Council meeting! Urge WeHo council members to accept the Bicycle Task Force recommendations report, which includes proposals for improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and implementing active transportation education in West Hollywood. See Facebook Event

WeHoBC will be handing out a special spoke card that enters riders in a raffle drawing!

We'll be riding to the new West Hollywood Library at a slow pace. We'll take mostly side streets-all levels welcome! Bring helmet, lights (back and front), bike lock, and hydration.

An Evening of Moving Beyond the Automobile: West Hollywood's Commitment to Active Transportation presented by the Bicycle Task Force

When: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 from 7 to 9 PM
Where: West Hollywood Library, Community Room

Join the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition for a fun and informative evening organized by the Bicycle Task Force. There will be a screening of film "Moving Beyond the Automobile" followed by panel discussion of general regional efforts to encourage biking and walking, as well as West Hollywood's plans and recommendations. Come and give your input! Light refreshments will be served.

See more info about both events on the WeHoBike.org projects page.

Learn more about the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition at: wehobike.org. Join West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition, a regional chapter of LACBC, when you become an LACBC member.
LA County Bike Plan Gets a Boost from Supervisor Yaroslavsky & the Board

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This past Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors gave direction to the LA County Department of Public Works (DPW) to include more innovative treatment options in the the LA County Bike Plan, which covers the unincorporated communities in LA County. We've been working hard over the last weeks and months to see the County Plan strengthened and the motion  that passed on Tuesday definitely helps move the plan forward. We thank Supervisor Yaroslavsky for stepping up before the plan and the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) are approved by the County Planning Commission to strengthen the plan. His motion ensures the bike plan includes more innovative treatments and stronger provisions for the implementation of pilot treatments like cycle tracks, that will make cycling safer and more appealing to people of ages and abilities. 

 

Additionally we are pleased to see DPW staff directed to work the LA County Department of Regional Planning to integrate street standards and street cross sections included in the Model Design Manual for Living Streets, funded by the LA County Department of Public Health, into the LA County General Plan Mobility Element update that is just getting started. This will be included as a policy in the plan and be part of the staff work plan once the bike plan is adopted. This move will ensure bikeways are easier to implement and our unincorporated roadways are safer for all modes of transportation. 

 

We still want to hear from you about the County Bike Plan! Please get your feedback on the Plan before December 21st to [email protected], [email protected], and of course, us at [email protected].
 
DPW staff will be bringing the Plan and the EIR to the Planning Commission on January 11th and a staff report along with updated plan that reflects direction given by the board will be released on December 29th.
Mini Roundabouts Are Coming to 4th Street

 

RR HeaderThe 4th Street Bicycle Blvd. will be another step closer to reality as two mini roundabouts are projected for installation on 4th Street by the summer of 2012. One will be located at 4th Street and Norton, the other will be at 4th Street and New Hampshire. LACBC is reaching out to the community through additional local organizations in an effort to further build support for the roundabouts and 4th Street as a whole. Read more about it on the LACBC blog

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Shape the Arroyo Seco Parkway Corridor

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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will host three meetings in December to provide information about planning for the Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR-110) and surrounding corridor that is a designated National Scenic Byway. A Corridor Management Plan (CMP) will be created by a team of consultants working for Caltrans in partnership with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).

 

The consultant team, led by the IBI Group, will present an overview of the project and seek community input through interactive brainstorming workshops. These meetings will be the same in content and process but are being offered in three convenient geographic locations throughout the Arroyo Seco region. The meetings will be held:

 

When: Monday, December 5, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  

Where: South Pasadena Civic Library Community Room - 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, 91030

 

When: Tuesday, December 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 
Where: Highland Park Ebell Club - 131 S. Avenue 57, Los Angeles, 90042

 

When: Thursday, December 8, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM 
Where: Castelar Elementary School - 840 Yale Street, Los Angeles, 90012

 

More info.

Prioritize Your Streets: Take the BPIT Survey
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At last October's Cit of LA Bicycle Plan Implementation Team (BPIT) meeting, it was announced that an online survey would be available to allow cyclists like you to prioritize the list of bikeways planned for implementation over the course of the next 5 years.

 

You can now take that survey here (also available in Spanish). Please use it to submit your preferred bikeways street segments by January 3, 2012. Results will be presented at the next BPIT meeting on January 10, 2012, and will be incorporated into next year's implementation plans. 

 

Learn more about the survey on the LADOT Bike Blog.

We're Looking for LA Bike Plan Workshop Locations in Central and South LA
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We have begun doing L.A. Bike Master Plan workshops in both English and Spanish throughout Central and South Los Angeles in an effort to engage low-income residents in identifying streets that have been planned under the five-year implementation strategy and to have participants voice their support and/or concerns of the bicycle infrastructure in the proposed area. We will hold community meetings throughout 2011-2012 calendar year!   

 

Know of an organization in Central or South Los Angeles that may benefit from this community meeting? We are looking for interested organizations to take part of this engaging process! We are currently booking dates and times from Monday through Sunday. 

 

You can contact Andy Rodriguez, Bilingual Bicycle Safety Coordinator, via e-mail at: [email protected]  or 213-629-2142.
Video of the Week: La Gente Magazine Interviews Bici Libre

Check out this informative interview with some of the staff and volunteers behind Bici Libre. Bici Libre is a program of LACBC that works collaboratively with C.I.C.L.E., the Bicycle Kitchen, the Bike Oven, Bikerowave, and the Valley Bikery (collectively known as the Community Cycling Collaborative) with the mission to reclaim abandoned bicycles and redistribute them to under-served communities in LA county.

This video is featured in an article from La Gente Magazine, UCLA's Latino student news magazine for pop culture, news, and events.
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Events, Meetings, & Volunteer Opportunities

 

 

Pasadena Mobility Workshop in Spanish - CANCELLED

When: originally scheduled for Thursday, December 1

This workshop, scheduled for tonight has been cancelled. More info

 

La Bici Grafica Screensprinting and Bike Safety Workshop

When: Saturday, December 3; 12 PM - 5 PM

Where: Solidarity Ink - 1749 North Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90031

Ever wanted to create your own screen print but never had the chance? Or learn about bicycle safety and mechanics? Here's your opportunity to do both! LACBC's City of Lights, Bici Digna, and Solidarity Ink are happy to announce our most recent collaboration: an all-in-one bicycle experience in which you'll have an opportunity to create and screen print a bicycle related print in either paper or t-shirt, learn about safety and cyclists' rights, and basic bicycle tune-up by our very own Bicidignarios. More info about RSVPing (Facebook link).

  

Montrose Christmas Parade with Walk Bike Glendale

When: Saturday, December 3; 6 PM

Where: Meet at the staging area on Honolulu between La Crescenta and Rosemont Ave. in Montrose

Join the newly named group Walk Bike Glendale in the Montrose Christmas Parade to celebrate the holiday season and support safe and healthy streets for people who walk and bike in Glendale! Bring your bike or a good pair of walking shoes and have fun! Contact Rye Baerg at [email protected] to RSVP. More info & the Facebook event.

  

Larchmont Holiday Sunday Funday Ride

When: Sunday, December 4; Meet at 4:30 PM

More info in newsletter.

 

Ride & Rally for the WeHo City Council meeting

When: Monday, December 5; Meet at 4:30 PM and roll at 5 PM sharp
More info in newsletter.

  

LA DWP Griffith Park Meeting
When: Monday, December 5; Open house at 5 PM, Presentation at 6 PM
Where: Griffith Park Visitors' Center Auditorium - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is hosting a community information meeting to update park visitors and residents who live near Griffith Park about the ongoing DWP construction project there. Anyone who has been to the southeast section of the park knows that the construction has affected park users (including cyclists) for over a year. Construction is expected to continue for at least another year, and DWP will be discussing what to expect next. For more information or questions, contact Heidi Hiraoka, project manager, at 213-367-5263. More info.

 

Arroyo Seco Parkway Informational Meeting
When: Monday, December 6; 6:30 PM
More info in newsletter. 

 

Arroyo Seco Parkway Informational Meeting
When: Tuesday, December 6; 6:30 PM
More info in newsletter. 

  

An Evening of Moving Beyond the Automobile: West Hollywood's Commitment to Active Transportation presented by the Bicycle Task Force
When: Wednesday, December 7; 7 to 9 PM
More info in newsletter. 

  

LA Streetsblog End of The Year Party
When: Thursday, December 8; 6:30 PM
More info in newsletter. 

  

Arroyo Seco Parkway Informational Meeting
When: Thursday, December 8; 7 PM
More info in newsletter.
 
  
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Contact Information

Carol Feucht
Membership & Communications Manager
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

[email protected]

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