Comments on: Bike regulation requires a more cohesive plan

By: Christopher Miranda

Christopher Miranda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:29:26 +0000

There are yellow signs (with black legend) reading “Walk Bikes in Crosswalk.” I believe cyclists are being cited for failing to follow these signs.

By: SoapBoxLA

SoapBoxLA — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:46:23 +0000

What is the violation they are citing when they ticket the cyclists who ride through the intersection? I’m unfamiliar with the “dismount” code, maybe there isn’t one. If they’re using the “ride with traffic” approach, the intersection is an extension of the sidewalk and there is no direction of traffic. What’s the violation?

By: What do two Nobel Laureates know that L.A.’s Mayor doesn’t? « BikingInLA

What do two Nobel Laureates know that L.A.’s Mayor doesn’t? « BikingInLA — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:09 +0000

[...] plans to change the face of biking in NELA. The Daily Trojan says lax police enforcement only encourages a freewheeling attitude among campus cyclists. According to Damien Newton, [...]

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:35:06 +0000

I like how bike riders being "careless" is the focus of the story. What responsibility does USC have to protect its own students? With the all-star lobbying team USC throws at local government each year, you're telling me that they can't wrest some pro-bike planning decisions for streets leading from student housing onto campus?

USC has to do an AQMD filing each year under Rule 2202 - to show how they are reducing green house gas emissions. Building massive parking lots and throwing hundreds of dollars in fees at bicycle riders doesn't seem to jibe with what the school ought to be doing - calming traffic and making all the streets leading into campus "complete streets".

For a school with so much intellectual capacity, this whole debacle makes the place look plain stupid.