Comments on: Analyzing and Mapping L.A.’s 5-Year Plan for Bikeway Implementation http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/ reinventing how we live in the city Thu, 16 May 2013 03:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood « B.I.K.A.S. http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1926 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:57:05 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1926 [...] Bike lanes for his stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard were approved in the city’s Bicycle Plan; the lanes are partially (from Hoover/Myra to Virgil) in the city’s 5-Year Implementation Strategy. [...]

]]> By: Bike Report Card for FY11-12: Overall A- « B.I.K.A.S. http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1872 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:43:16 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1872 [...] admit that I was skeptical that this would ever happen. When the city’s 5-Year Implementation Strategy showed rough 40 miles per year, then Mayor promised at least 40 new bikeway miles… I truly [...]

]]> By: New Bike Lanes on Huntington Drive in El Sereno « B.I.K.A.S. http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1751 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:12:51 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1751 [...] Westmont Drive”, which is more-or-less where the current project ends at Maycrest Avenue. The city’s 5-Year Implementation Strategy approved prompt bike lane implementation on Huntington Drive from “Alhambra City Limit” [...]

]]> By: A Long View of the First Street Bike Lanes « B.I.K.A.S. http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1727 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:29:57 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1727 [...] were still just lines on a map, with no implementation scheduled (they’re in the city’s 5-Year Implementation Strategy but only east of Central [...]

]]> By: New bike lanes on Main Street in Venice « L.A. Eco-Village Blog http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1468 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:31:57 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1468 [...] in the city’s 2010 Bike Plan approved in March 2011. They’re not in the city’s 5-Year Implementation Strategy; I think it looked like they were going to be implemented sooner than March 2011, so they were left [...]

]]> By: L.A. City Adding New Bikeways, Will They Reach Pledged 40 Miles by June 30? | Streetsblog Los Angeles http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1449 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:33:59 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1449 [...] approval of the city’s “2010″ Bike Plan was a supplemental document called the Five-Year Implementation Strategy. That document was initially called the Five-Year Implementation Plan, later renamed the 200 Mile [...]

]]> By: New Bike Lanes in East San Fernando Valley « L.A. Eco-Village Blog http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1408 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:07:08 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1408 [...] connect with the La Tuna Canyon Road bike lanes (and that last block  looks like it’s in the city’s 5-year implementation plan - though the 5-year plan says “Tuxford from Glenoaks to Sunland” – the street [...]

]]> By: New Vermont Ave Bike Lanes in L.A. Harbor Gateway « L.A. Eco-Village Blog http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1394 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:03:17 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1394 [...] Comments « Analyzing and Mapping L.A.’s 5-Year Plan for Bikeway Implementation [...]

]]> By: Mark Elliot http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/analyzing-and-mapping-l-a-s-5-year-plan-for-bikeway-implementation/#comment-1376 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:48:47 +0000 http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/?p=2340#comment-1376 Thanks for the analysis, Joe – the post is very helpful to understanding where things stand relative to DOT’s stated intent. I’ll be curious to read your subjective take on the material… say, your impressions of the quality of the DOT work so far, or whether you see the dept. proceeding wisely (i.e., picking low-hanging fruit or reaching for the stars).
I’ll also be curious whether you feel that additional work with the bike folks might have produced a better (or more accurate) implementation program, and if so, whether it could have made a difference in the longer run.

Here in Beverly Hills, it’s been utterly laughable:

-Our only bike-related deliverable to date has been a map of our 24 or so bike racks, and that map was too inaccurate to be of value. I mean, we were promised the map for months! I created an improved version from scratch and it took about three hours all told. Neither map is posted online yet. After a year.
-Our city routinely posts online agendas for public meetings in a PDF format that reads as gibberish to Mac users without an adobe-branded plugin. No readable text at all. I’ve complained about it for a year-and-a-half. Their response? They’re not legally required to post online.
-We routinely held public meetings for one of our committees behind locked doors in a totally unmarked building. When I complained, they stopped making that meeting public. By invitation and escort now – but I’m invited at least.

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