http://ocbike.org Promoting the use of bicycling as an everyday means of transportation and recreation. Mon, 14 May 2012 21:50:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ocbike.org/cities/laguna-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Jm Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:21:14 +0000 http://ocbike.org/?page_id=339#comment-1051 A bit of a primer on getting engaged in the political process. http://www.ted.com/talks/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper.html A bit of a primer on getting engaged in the political process. http://www.ted.com/talks/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper.html

]]> http://ocbike.org/cities/laguna-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-105 admin Tue, 18 May 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://ocbike.org/?page_id=339#comment-105 <strong>Complete Streets Task Force - Background</strong> <em>Excerpts from a conversation with longtime Laguna Beach bicycle and pedestrian advocate, Michael Hoag.</em> Out of a long range plan debuted in 1999, called Vision 2030, came an environmental committee, whose members wrote a climate protection plan. That plan included a transportation element which included language about bicycling. City Manager, Ken Frank, asked that bicycling specifically be removed out of fear of liability. Progress for bicyclists would have ground to a halt but for the efforts of committed advocates like city council member, Jane Egly. In 2009 a bicycle task force was formed which, recognizing the Laguna public's general dislike of bicycles, has renamed itself Complete Streets Task Force. Emphasis is spread equally on bicycling, pedestrian access, transit, and private vehicles. Complete Streets Task Force – Background
Excerpts from a conversation with longtime Laguna Beach bicycle and pedestrian advocate, Michael Hoag.
Out of a long range plan debuted in 1999, called Vision 2030, came an environmental committee, whose members wrote a climate protection plan. That plan included a transportation element which included language about bicycling. City Manager, Ken Frank, asked that bicycling specifically be removed out of fear of liability.
Progress for bicyclists would have ground to a halt but for the efforts of committed advocates like city council member, Jane Egly. In 2009 a bicycle task force was formed which, recognizing the Laguna public’s general dislike of bicycles, has renamed itself Complete Streets Task Force. Emphasis is spread equally on bicycling, pedestrian access, transit, and private vehicles.

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