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Passed unanimously at today's City Council meeting, Los Angeles took another step forward to possibly adopting bicycle sharing, as seen in Paris and at the DNC in Denver. As explained in today's meeting, bicycle sharing in LA can be exemplified by the rental carts at LAX: you pick up a bike at one spot, use it to get to a destination and drop it off at another spot. The approved motion directs the Department of Transportation to "examine the feasibility of creating a bike sharing program in the City of Los Angeles and submit recommendations to the Transportation Committee within 45 days." It's a small step, but like Coucilmember Wendy Greuel said today, "we have a long way to go to be a bicycle city."
City to Look into Bicycle Sharing
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Wow! That would be great downtown!
I'd love to see it happen, but I remain skeptical considering this city seems incapable of basic things like safe bike routes or even a place to lock up a bike in many areas.
Though, Gary, every additional person you get on a bike -- even a one day rental -- is another person who has a stake in the whole creation-of-bike-lanes issue.
This is true, and studies on bike safety have shown more bikes on the road means safer vehicle miles traveled for all cyclists. However ever city that has been able to launch a successful bike sharing program already had a far more advanced network of bike infrastructure then Los Angeles. I feel like this is skipping a step to have not even come close to completing the existing bicycle master plan and already be starting up a bike sharing program. If it happens I hope real cycling infrastructure improvements will soon follow.