An enthusiastic mayor, council and City staff were all pleased when last night council voted unanimously to approve the Bike Action Plan with all the amendments recommended by the planning commission and supported by the bike community.
Amendments suggested by Planning Commission, supported by Spoke and adopted by council:
- Add to the 20 year vision the opportunity for a recreational cycle track at Santa Monica Airport – with connections to the remaining and proposed bike networks.
- Pursue implementation of Bike Share prior to the Metro-funded project in 2016
- Establish criteria to measure bicycle mode share to inform on-going investments and activities
- Include at least one “central†east-west and north-south separated bike facility in the 5-year instead of the 20-year vision.
- Establish a much greater priority for working with schools and Safe Routes to Schools programs
- Provide annual reporting on the plan implementation
- Highlight language about the potential for “open†street events like CicLAvia
Also the last of the 7 cities to vote for the South Bay Bike Master Plan, Torrance also passed that plan unanimously last night.  Now we have West Hollywood on the December 5th  and work on the LA County Bike Plan.
Happy Thanksgiving !
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I was just turning such a possibility (of a bike track at the SM Airport) over in my head, then I found this article. When is this bike track at the SM Airport supposed to occur? Sometime within the next eon?
The article was written in November 2011
This reply was written in 2013.
RT @SMSpoke: Santa Monica Bike Action Plan passed unanimously by council 2 years ago today! Happy anniversary SM BAP! http://t.co/N2CCCGkCy0
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