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Most of you will probably not be aware, but Long Beach is currently working hard on their "Bicycle Initiative". Their goal? To become the "most bicycle friendly city in America". Big words, and an even bigger commitment. Read about it in the Press Telegram Russ Roca, a photographer and PR guy for Long Beach Cyclists wrote a challenging letter back to the city here. So, I couldn't deny you my own two cents:
It is a beautiful thing to watch a paradigm shift. And it is plain to
see that the World is in the midst of one. How wonderfully exciting it
is to watch Long Beach take up the torch and run with it! I saw more
people on bikes yesterday than I've ever seen collected together in
this city. They were there to celebrate bikes and they were there to
support Long Beach.
Russ Roca wrote an amazing letter the other day in response to the
Press Telegram. The ideas put forth have been on my mind so much
lately. It seems, when change is left to those who have the money,
change is always dependent solely on that. MONEY.
Russ, your insights into this problem are enlightening. How is it that
the city would rather spend millions (literally millions) of dollars on
these improvements when they truly should not be necessary? As you so
deftly put it, Bicycles have the right to be on the road.
With that right though, bicycles are also held to every law that
vehicles are. A person on a bicycle could in fact get a speeding ticket
on a roadway, just like a motorist. Which brings me to my point. | 
