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by Steve Herbert
Culver City is implementing its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, adding bike lanes and “sharrows” as the popularity of cycling continues to increase in the region.  With the number of cyclists growing, a number of issues reveal themselves.   One is that parked cars can be more dangerous than moving vehicles when a motorist suddenly opens a car door into the path oncoming traffic that includes cyclists.  The resulting collision is known as “dooring” or “being doored”.
Bicycle lanes are frequently installed adjacent curbside parking & cyclists …

1) Did you get a DUI?
2) Do you pick up your date on that?
3) Big Lance Armstrong fan?
4) But you own a car, right?
5) Must suck when it rains, huh?
6) Do you know my friend? He does Critical Mass.
7) Aren’t you terrified in traffic?
Does it take you a long time to get to work?
9) Do you ride with all those hipsters at night?
10) Do you know my friend? He does that triathlon stuff.
11) Do you think Lance will win the Tour de France?
12) Are you a big environmentalist
13) …

I received this information from Babara Filet this morning. Tonight’s community meeting is very important if you want the Bergamot Bike Path.
Action
Attend the community meeting on June 9 at Virginia Park at 7 p.m. Speak up or submit comments in support of the Bergamot-Agensys Bike Path.
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 7 p.m.
Location: Virginia Park community room, on Pico Blvd. just south of Cloverfield
If you can’t attend, send emails to the Santa Monica City Council: <council@smgov.net>

Sharrows coming to 20th Street in Santa Monica soon. …

How goes the fight for the right for the road? The battle continues, but some locations in LA make it perfectly clear with Sharrows!

Bicycle Sharrows Expected to be on L.A. Streets by Summer
Plans to pilot bicycle sharrows on Los Angeles streets are beginning to solidify, a city bicycle official said today.
LAist one of my favorite blogs scores again with putting out the kind of  information I want to know. Thanks Zach!
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