This was sent out on the LAN. I thought I would repost it as an event on the LC. please bump this to the front page as I think many of the readers on the LC may want to attend.
Dear London Cyclists:
Do you face--
Inadequate bike parking / lock-up racks?
Icy winter commuter trails?
Decaying shoulders and gutters on main arterials and side streets?
Unsafe intersections?
Erroneous traffic violation charges?
Road rage hassles?
Etc., etc., etc.?
On
Friday, May 9th, 2008, at 6:30pm in the Stevenson & Hunt room 'A'
of the Central Library (251 Dundas), there will be a meeting to discuss
issues and concerns regarding cycling in London, Ontario. Cyclists of
all types are encouraged to attend. The ultimate goal is to form a
London cycling advocacy organization to lobby city officials for
improvements to London's cycling infrastructure and for legislative
support.
Mark your calendars and tell your cycling friends!
Sincerely Yours,
Denver Nixon
london.on.cycling@gmail.com
Comments
Road Expenditures
London spends many multiples of millions of dollars more to support the automobile culture than what it does to support alternative modes of transportation.
At today's ETC meeting, David Leckie will recommend that $7.3 million be spent on road rehabilitation projects.
Was the cycling community ever consulted about the best way to spend some/all of this money on transportation infrastructure? Were pedestrians asked to offer any opinion?
Read my correspondence HERE and then consider attending today's ETC meeting. And if nothing else, pick up the phone and call some of the ETC members prior to the meeting and voice an opinion.
G.
---
From My Bottom Step
personal opinion from the perspective of a London, Ontario community activist
Organizing re Alternative Transportation
I'd have provided you with the link to my previous post in which I suggested that pedestrians/cyclists should form a joint lobby, but my search efforts didn't turn it up. Anyways, the bottom line is that it didn't get any response from the LC. A sad commentary. Still, I'll attend the library meeting so that I can blog about it and otherwise support it any way that I can. If you people want to do more to advance your cause, you might consider supporting my applications for membership on City Hall's TAC and CPSC by writing/phoning members of BOC.
---
From My Bottom Step
personal opinion from the perspective of a London, Ontario community activist