Community planning for bicycle use

[creekster]

I just thought I would mention that as a result of seeing far too many biking tragedies and of being increasingly annoyed by bicyclists' needs failing to be recognized by local government, I applied for and was appointed to my city's Bicycle Advisory Commission, which provides input to the regional transportation planning committee. It is not a glamorous spot, but it is likely to be a much better opportunity to effect change for the better than riding in critical mass.

If any of you have any suggestions that you think might be useful in planning for bicycle use in a community, please let me know.

[SteelBlue]

Impressive Creekster. My first order of business would be to contact someone with the same sort of title in the city of Davis, CA. They have the most bicycle friendly city I've ever seen.

[BigPiney]

Impressive Creekster. My first order of business would be to contact someone with the same sort of title in the city of Davis, CA. They have the most bicycle friendly city I've ever seen.

freaking hippies

[bYuPride]

That's really cool..

[bluegoose]

There was a segment in the RBR newsletter this week about a guy putting together an RBR jersey with "3 feet please" in big bold letters on the back. He also has another optional add-on that says "Its the law" underneath. Apparently there are 13 states (Utah being one, CA not being one) that require vehicles to allow 3 feet to the left of cyclists when they pass.

Why don't you try for something like that. Statewide change to the CA vehicular code would be nice. Thanks in advance. And by next spring, if you don't mind.

[bluegoose]

But seriously, this is a hard one for me to think about imaginately, as our town and county are so bike unfriendly. I really wouldn't know the first place to begin.

Bike lanes more that 3 inches wide, devoid of broken glass, would be a good start. How much can a street sweeper cost to buy and operate anyway? Can't be much more than those $1000 each designer manhole covers that we invested in a couple of years ago.