Los Angeles City’s Bicycle Plan is ‘Flawed,’ Cyclists tell Transit Panel
By Danielle Directo, Special to LAist
At the Transportation Committee yesterday, the city presented its Bicycle Plan proposal, which maps potential fixes to L.A.’s streets to make riding easier and safer for cyclists. The verdict? “Flawed,” pretty embarrassing” and an “egregious waste of money” were among some of the comments from bike and community advocates, Sierra Club members and neighborhood councilmembers.
“No matter what people tell you, we are not involved in the process,” said bike activist Stephen Box, who also commented on several other items discussed at the meeting. “I’m calling on you to…call it dead,” he told Transportation Committee Councilmembers Wendy Greuel and Bill Rosendahl.
“I think it’s a big step backwards…This is a real slap in the face to bicyclists,” said Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee member Joe Linton.
In addition to including more input from bicyclists who have first-hand experience riding the very streets included in the Bicycle Plan draft, the Department of Transportation’s proposal needed to be “more comprehensive,” said members of the public. The plan, which was released online before the meeting, also drew criticism for not being detailed enough, and speakers said the department wasn’t doing enough to make the proposal more widely available or to reach out to low-income, Spanish-speaking riders without Internet access. The department was also blasted for hiring an outside consultant to draw up the plans at a pretty price.
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A packed house at City Hall at yesterday’s City Council Transportation Committee meeting | Photo by Danielle Director/LAist
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