Participate in an important interactive group dialogue about bicycle-friendly “Living Streets” in Long Beach.
The event is free, but you’ll need to RSVP by Wednesday evening, April 6th.
For details, click on the postage stamp to the right. To RSVP, contact Allan Crawford at allancrawford@bikeablecommunities.org.
Members of Long Beach Cyclists who live in Long Beach and Signal Hill (but not other cities) are asked to participate in a vote on an important organizational matter. A meeting to discuss this issue is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 at 7:17 p.m at Polly’s Coffee on Second Street in Belmont Shore. We thank all in advance for their participation.
Ballots are being mailed to each member who lives in Long Beach and Signal Hill. Members are asked to mail their vote on the resolution to the Long Beach Cyclists P.O. Box early enough that it can be retrieved to be counted at the ballot-counting meeting which is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 7:17 p.m.—also at Polly’s Coffee in Belmont Shore. A member may submit his or her ballot by mail, or in person at either the March 2nd meeting, or at the March 9th meeting.
“Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.” – Helen Keller
and so it goes…
The LBC general meeting will be canceled this month due to a restructuring process of the organization. We are working hard on a new format for LBC, one that will allow us to get back into the community in education, advocacy and cycling fun! Thank you for your patience during this difficult transition. Soon, we will be proposing a new referendum, and we will be asking our members to participate.
Ride Safe LBC!
- Long Beach Cyclists Board of Directors
Attend an upcoming public meeting to provide your input regarding cycling in Long Beach. The Long Beach Department of Public Works is holding meetings in many neighborhoods to solicit input about updating the Bicycle Master Plan.
The City has scheduled nine public sessions to request input during January, February and March. Also, the City will sponsor free bike rides prior to five of those public meetings.
To view details (dates, times, locations) about meetings 1-5, click on the LEFT. (Bicycle Master Plan workshops at Lowell Elementary School, First Congregational Church, Silverado Park, Coolidge Park and Los Altos Library.)
To view details (dates, times, locations) about meetings 6-9, click on the RIGHT. (Bicycle Master Plan workshops at El Dorado Park, Bixby Knolls, Bixby Park and Mark Twain Library.)
To view details about free bike rides starting at Lowell Elementary School and Silverado Park, click on the LEFT.
To view details about free bike rides starting at El Dorado Park, Bixby Knolls and Bixby Park, click on the RIGHT.
For more information, contact Courtney Aguirre at (562) 570-6667.
Courtney.Aguirre@LongBeach.Gov.
news has spread throughout the Long Beach cycling community, indeed beyond the city’s borders, of the immediate crack-down of the most recent Long Beach Critical Mass ride.
let it be noted here, now, that Long Beach Cyclists has no stance for, nor against the Critical Mass rides which take place all over the country and around the world in many metropolitan areas. what we do stand for is abiding by all traffic laws just as motorists must. “Same Roads. Same Rights. Same Responsibilities.” you can read all about the CA vehicle code as it concerns bicycles and their drivers here [LINK]. and though it’s not a legal requirement for those of us over the age of 17, we strongly recommend the proper use of helmets while biking. I, Travis Bos, current vice-pres of this organization, do not bike without one.
if you don’t know what happened with October 29th’s Critical Mass you can read the articles already published by others here (LA Times), here (P-T), here (PedalMovement.com), and here (MashLBC.com). don’t forget to read the comments, of which there are many. this is very important dialogue occurring among cyclists.
it’s a dialogue which will be brought to Long Beach’s City Hall this Tuesday, November 9th at 5pm. our friends at PedalMovement are organizing a group to go before city council to express their concerns over this most recent clash of cyclists and non-cyclists. please, let this not be characterized as a march on city hall with picket signs and shouting and anger. these are honest citizens looking to express their concerns with a perceived contradiction in the policies and actions of “the most bicycle friendly city in America.”
PedalMovement’s plan is to meet in Lincoln Park (broadway/pacific) an hour before the council meeting to organize, clarify and galvanize their efforts. everyone will be wearing green as they step up to the podium to talk about issues such as a Cyclist’s Bill of Rights.
Ronnie Sandlin, spokesman for this issue for PedalMovement, has given his phone number for contact (562 243 2448) if you would like to be more involved. if you’d like to show up in support of bicycling in Long Beach, please remember to wear green.
Please join Long Beach Cyclists for the public meeting at City Hall September 28, 2010 at 3:30pm.
The voice of cycling advocacy, education and community… is as powerful and as much as fun as each one of us makes of it. Long Beach Cyclists doesn’t have paid staff to work magic behind the scenes… so YOUR participation can make a huge difference.
We meet this month at Polly’s Gourmet Coffee on Second Street in Belmont Shore. We’ll meet in the patio. Committee updates, events & rides info, and more.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the first bike corral in Long Beach takes place Wednesday evening… timed perfectly to dovetail with the monthly Long Beach Cyclists general meeting. Don’t miss either one!
This month LBC meets in the East Village—at Utopia Restaurant (First Street and Linden Avenue). We meet at 7:17 p.m. In addition to addressing various items on the LBC agenda (advocacy, education and community), we will be present to celebrate the inauguration of our city’s first bike corral. You’ll have an opportunity to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ to Charlie Gandy, Sumire Gant, Courtney Aguirre and other behind-the-scenes City representatives who have helped turn this idea into reality.
What IS a bike corral, you say? A bike corral means that a stall formerly used to park ONE car is converted into an area that now can accommodate MANY parked bicycles. From the point of view of local business owners, it is an adjustment to existing parking infrastructure which allows MORE potential customers to find a nearby space.
Utopia Restaurant, the Village Grind Café, City Grounds LBFG (the fixed-gear bike shop), and other businesses near the intersection of First Street and Linden Avenue stand to benefit from the construction of this bike corral. If Long Beach’s first bike corral proves popular with cyclists and with local businesses, it is possible that City planners may duplicate or adapt the model in other business districts.
So… be sure to join us for our regular monthly meeting—held this month at Utopia’s—and you will automatically be at the right time and right place to join in the festivities of the bike corral inauguration.
Long Beach Cyclists meets at 7:17 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. LBC members as well as friends and the public are all welcome. We meet at Jax Bicycles (corner of Bellflower and Spring).
Long Beach Cyclists is about advocacy, education and community. Each monthly general meeting is an opportunity to keep ourselves abreast of what is taking place in our city and to participate in making things better. It’s an opportunity to talk and learn, and to enjoy the company of fellow cyclists. This month, join Long Beach Cyclists, City of Long Beach, LACBC and Alta Planning for the last of several meetings regarding the final Metro Blue Line Bike & Pedestrian Access Plan Concept (plan maps and drawings)
Note that many of us who live near the shore cycle together to and from the meeting; you are welcome to accompany us. We depart Orange and Second Street at 6:30 pm.
Long Beach Cyclists meeting — Wednesday, June 2nd at Jax
Long Beach Cyclists meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:17 pm. Hope to see you at our next meeting… and at any or all other events. Click EVENTS at the top of the page to view our calendar and a map of how to get to Jax (corner of Bellflower and Spring).
Note that many of us cycle together to the meeting from near the shore. We depart Orange and Second Street at 6:30 pm.
