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What would you like to see come out of the LA Bike Summit?
  • Action items --> perhaps a policy committee could come from the summit that works on bicycle policy and transportation policy.
  • Some focused subject and task listservs generated by participants for continued discussion and action.
  • Some kind of list or agenda that people sign and send to policy makers.
  • A compilation/summary
  • Bike-friendly actions
  • More improvements and advances to the bikeway infrastructure by showing the "large amount" of interest in bikeway expansion?
  • Public policy change efforts that everyone knows how to foster and can contribute.
  • More activists in the LA County area. More coalition building among different groups.
  • More campaigns for bike lanes and safer bike corridors.
  • I hope to use what I learned to improve our society.
  • Broader coalition with a clear agenda to make LA more bikable. OXY did it again! Great job
  • Network to support bike projects in the City of LA
  • Increased interaction between advocates.
  • I want to see a real, organized cycling movement in LA.
  • Collaboration/network with the existing resources.
  • A movement
  • Schedule more than one event per year.
  • Would be great to have a community for selling and trading bikes..
  • I would like to see one for OC.
  • More on-site child/family-friendly activities.
  • A yearly summit and a lobbying day at City Hall, County Supervisors, and Sacramento.
  • Summit 2010: 1,000 attendees
  • More cross-fertilization and working together plus progress on own bicycling-related efforts.
  • More get-togethers - networking. Educational programs for advocates, city and state engineers, planners and politicians.
Which topics would you like to see given more in-depth review?
  • Bike use by low income population
  • A class on LA and surrounding community laws (headlights, reflectors at night, helmets not required, etc.)
  • Research needs and how to move forward.
  • Political landscapes; policy updates and ways to change policy.
  • How about group discussions based on geography--a breakdown by council district.
  • (1) Bring more info about other So Cal cities, especially San Diego, Riverside, etc. (2) Social class issues: bring in more, talk more about issues of working class bicyclists.
  • Erik could give a more rational discourse on his mob concept for travel.
  • Bicycling in other parts of the world; their set-up, issues, etc.
  • Will think about
  • Transportation research methodologies
  • More local focus; What are the key local issues that advocates need to work on, etc.
  • Buts and bolts of bike planning process - how to be an effective bike advocate.
  • Working together
  • Bikes on transit - working together for the overall benefit of cycling w/o focus on individual issues.
  • Ways to mobilize individuals
  • How to mitigate negative perceptions of cyclists from the non-cycling community
  • Infrastructure, design ideas
  • What works and why in other cities. History of bikes in Portland, Davis, Copenhagen, Parking, get Don Shoup.
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Brainstorm projects to work on going forward. Working groups rather than only presentations.
  • Policy, transit equity, low-income communities
  • Political advocacy - how to help improve cycling laws, how to effectively influence government officials.
  • I would like to have a bike summit where we strategize about how we can work across different groups to form a coalition to have over the city.
  • What is the actual status of bicycle planning in LA? What about other cities in Southern California?
  • Making the bike community more accessible to everyone--less intimidating.
  • The pros and cons of bicycle licenses
  • Captive bike-riders unrepresented at this conference.
  • TRANSIT EQUITY and the bike's role in low-income communities in Los Angeles.
  • Bike policy in LA.
What was the least useful part of the summit and why? How could this be improved?
  • Long talking from facilitator and few comments from participants. Let the community put ideas and "voice"
  • I was hoping to buy a new helmet and some bike gear. I wish there were vendors. Start things on time. Stay on schedule.
  • Ban people with babies who cannot control them!
  • The presenters seemed to expect to use Powerpoint but didn't have correct access...hurt their presentations.
  • Food -- how about the HomeGirl Cafe? Would like to see more youth and more immigrant participation.
  • There weren't any.
  • Workshops that weren't as hard-hitting as I had hoped.
  • The opening segment could have been condensed. The workshop room numbers were confusing.
    I had hoped.
  • (1) Signage at street view (2) Tables
  • Too far between cafeteria and classrooms
  • Somewhat clearer room identification signs. Also, for the cafeteria. I'd hang the workshop posters by time, not by room. For example: 11 AM, Room 221 xyz
  • Wish better website
  • Lunch - I'm not a vegetarian.
  • No time between sessions to chat, chill or get a coffee. 15 minutes to get to next room is enough time, but perhaps there could be a coffee break or a chat where all participants are in attendance.
  • Too many simultaneous tracks, all interesting "curse of the conference" in general
  • Room #'s
  • Poorly moderated discussions, MTA lady, More deliverables from workshops.
  • It was awesome. Invite MTA or engineers
  • Needed more info on where to park. Not all of us could ride or take transit.
  • I think there could have been time built in to network between LA groups; more local sharing.
  • Intros before keynotes - they could have been slightly shorter.
  • I thought everything was useful.
  • It was awesome. No complaints! A success!
What was the most useful part of today's summit for you and why?
  • Knowing what "City Lites" is doing to promote bike
  • I learned that there is a large community of bicyclists that support each other. I got energized about biking more!
  • Meeting other in the bike community. Resource sharing.
  • Networking with bike advocates; learning about new programs and groups.
  • I only attended the last two workgroups - But Erik Knutsen did a great conceptual presentation on how we get to car dominance and will help me understand the problem conceptually and empower me to bring change.
  • Getting to know folks in the LA bike movement. Awareness of the LA (and beyond) bike movement. Feeling the enthusiasm.
  • Ryan's design ideas were well-illustrated and explained.
  • Networking - finding out who has what knowledge.
  • Accumulating new ideas and networking. Connecting participants with others.
  • Energy, networking, good examples (people, organizations, projects, etc.)
  • Women & Bikes information was good for my soul.
  • Networking with like-minded people
  • Connections and learning about what others are doing.
  • Bringing us together...we're too isolated.
  • Only went to one workshop (Success Stories from Davis)
  • Discussion, networks
  • Safe routes to schools because it focused on nuts and bolts of funding.
  • Learning
  • I loved the grassroots of it all.
  • Women workshop
  • Networking
  • Sense of community and critical mass. It's easy to feel alone on a bike LA.
  • Noah's experience in NYC, Eleanor's experience in Portland, street planning (a basic intro) was very helpful.
  • All - networking
  • Meeting people face-to-face. More social events would be cool.
  • Getting perspective on what's going on in other places and in LA.
  • Keynote talks were inspiring. Informal networking.
  • The workshop on the Arroyo Seco because it effects my community.
  • Made excellent contacts for future advocacy, learned a lot and had fun!
  • The enthusiasm and knowledge for next steps.
  • Networking at lunch and between workshops.
  • Complete Streets provided a fresh perspective rather than simply programs.
  • How to approach government entities and convince them to reallocate money from traffic to pedestrian interests and this "more traffic? = build more roads"
  • The research workshop--> good networking and good representation of issues
  • The workshops, because there was such a variety of options, so you could really make the day your own.
  • The workshops because they allowed us to break into smaller groups for more in-depth conversation.



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