DECEMBER 2001 #2
This is some of what you will find in this issue!
BICYCLE PARKING SIGNS AT ALL PARKING STRUCTURE
ENTRANCES?
WHAT DO BICYCLE PARKING SIGNS LOOK LIKE?
BICYCLE SHIRTS FROM OZ!
WHAT ONE BERLIN BICYCLIST HAS TO SAY ABOUT SANTA
MONICA!
CYCLING LIKE A BERLINER! EWWe LA LA!
A BICYCLE BOULEVARD NETWORK IN SANTA
MONICA?!
CALENDAR
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
I too have seen the posts for bikes on Broadway.
Also, I have seen the racks, or at least some, in the parking 
structure. About a year ago I saw they banned bikes from being locked
up along the west side of the driveway entrance
into parking structure at Broadway and 3rd street. I used to park my bike there
because it seemed safer(more people around and more visible. It strikes me now
that perhaps a way the City of Santa Monica could assist bicycling more
friendly in Santa Monica by requiring parking structures (especially
those doing business with the public) to have bicycle parking signage at
all entrances with brief direction on where the bike racks are
located(maybe also even and arrow to show location. I found this pic at http://members.aol.com/rmoeuradot/200x200/guide/D4-3.gif
. This site had several 
other bicycle 
specific
signs at his site. To see them all go to http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/bikesign.html .
One other sign I liked was the slippery when wet sign.
Also, I found a site with shirts for sale in Australia.
Interesting shirts from Australia. One shirt shows "Share the
Road" and other says "TAXPAYER!" with bicycle symbol. They charging $7(Australian) plus post. (ref: http://users.chariot.net.au/~gloria/fishshop.html )
Here is what one touring bicyclist from Berlin
Germany has to say about Santa Monica: 
"When
entering Los Angeles 
from the north, one first enters Santa Monica. I
have no idea what Santa Monica is doing in Los Angeles because it's the exact
opposite - pleasant clean streets, not choking with car traffic, and with a main
street (Third Street Promenade) that is closed to motor traffic for several
blocks. Lots of cool bookstores and sidewalk cafés there, street performers and
lots of people there all day and at night. Shops close late. They even have an
outdoor farmer's market there, on Thursdays I think. Santa Monica is lovely, and
so is the youth hostel one block from Third Street Promenade. The picture shows
the courtyard, but they also have lots of reading rooms, a library, game rooms,
and everything you could ask for. It's one of the nicest youth hostels I know.
(The nicest I know is in Patras, Greece.)
I spent most of the
remaining time in Santa Monica, with a few excursions downtown (a very long and
unpleasant ride) and to the UCLA area, which is sort of OK but not very
interesting. Just south of Santa Monica is Venice Beach, which I suppose is a
must-see for Los Angeles visitors because.." (Thomas Driemeyer
)(ref: www.bitrot.de/bike_sfla.html )
What Cycling in Berlin is like: "Berliners
enjoy cycling all-year round and the city accommodates- cyclists by providing
excellent cycle paths which isolate cyclists both from cars and from
pedestrians. You are also allowed to
take your bicycle on the U- and S-Bahn, just check which train compartment has
the bicycle sign and if anyone happens to be standing there they will usually
make way for you and your bike. Cycle
paths are extensive in West Berlin but the Eastern half still needs to catch up
and the standard of roads lags behind. With the amount of road and building work
going on it can be a challenging ride!
Bikes need an underground ticket,
too."
Bicycle Boulevards network in Santa
Monica?!?
"Berkeley, California (Tuesday, February 13,
2001) – This week the City takes the first step towards
implementing its network of seven bicycle boulevards. A system of
new purple bicycle boulevard signs, many with directional information for
cyclists, is being installed and tested out on Hillegass and Bowditch streets,
and some nearby streets. The City hopes that the development of its bicycle
boulevard network of low-traffic volume streets, where bicycle safety and
efficiency are enhanced, will promote bicycling and improve bicycle
safety..."
CALENDAR
-Jan 7, 2001 Cycle Santa Monica meeting
6:30-9:30pm at Wild Oats Market (Wilshire and 5th street) in upstairs meeting
Room.
Letter from the Editor:
I Hope you have enjoyed this issue of CYCLE SANTA MONICA NEWS!! This is the
second issue of CSM NEWS!! In it you should find some relevant bicycle news and
commentary on bicycling in Santa Monica. Also, It has some info for bicycle
advocates in Santa Monica. If you have anything that you would like added in
future issues please submit them to
cyclesantamonica@ yahoo.com .
I would like to have full listing of all bicycle related events in or in support
of bicycling in Santa Monica. In future issues I would like to add other facets,
such as a letters to the editor. I don't know how often I will put out future
issues.
"Cycling to a better place to live"