Thread started by daymen at 11.24.08 - 11:10 am

I wrote up a quick draft letter for anyone interested in contacting the City Council T Committee about bike licenses:

councilmember.greuel@lacity.org, councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org, councilmember.parks@lacity.org, councilmember.rosendahl@lacity.org, Councilmember.labonge@lacity.org,

Dear Member of the City Council XXX,

As a committed cyclists, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for respect and concern you showed at last Friday's committee hearing on bicycling, bicycling infrastructure, and bicyclists rights. During the sometimes heated hearing, you continued to listen to our concerns and questions.

While it is not going to be easy to recreate Los Angeles as a cycling haven, there is one thing that can be done quickly and that is placing a moratorium on the bicycle licensing program. Whether a mandatory program is necessary is a conversation that can't occur until cyclists are not being harassed for not having a sticker license that is difficult to obtain and not being distributed by the LAPD as they are required to.

Unfortuntately, as you saw on Friday, the LAPD doesn't seem interested in suspending their uneven enforecement of bike licensing even after being confronted on the program several times by Council Members LaBonge, Parks and Rosendahl at last week's hearing. To that end, we are asking that you not let go of this issue and that you quickly introduce a motion to suspend the program. We understand that Councilman Rosdenahl will not be at tomorrow's hearing, but that doesn't mean you cannot take action.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to working with you in the future on other bike-related issues.

Sincerely,


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Just a thought that occurred to me: why is it called the bicycle "licensing" program when it is really the bicycle "registration" program?

After all, in the world of automobiles, there are Driver's Licenses and Vehicle Registrations, correct?



mr rollers
11.24.08 - 11:48 am

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bump!



User1
11.25.08 - 12:16 am

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