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CityWatchLA — Kids Challenge LA Leadership
Streetsblog.net — Anyone who has made the journey to City Hall to offer public comment knows how frustrating and unfulfilling the experience can be. It’s a "damned if you do and damned if you don’t" situation for members of the public who attempt to navigate the cumbersome system that appears designed to service everyone except the serfs who dare to approach the sovereigns. The recent round of Bike Plan (draft) Workshops has proven to be as frustrating and insulting as any of the "public enragement" exercises the City of LA typically hosts. Guests to the four LADOT/Planning sponsored events were given the opportunity to walk around in ...

LA Kids Tell City Hall How to Improve Biking — Via YouTube
Streetsblog New York City — Today on the Streetsblog Network, a story about some kids in Los Angeles who did their research and came up with several good ideas about improving conditions for bicycle commuters. Then they ran up against the reality that the public forums on the city's bike plan weren't so public. But they didn't let that stop them. Stephen Box at SoapBox LA reports: ...

Westside Kids “Testify” on Bike Plan and Are Heard Across the Country
Streetsblog Los Angeles — Today on the Streetsblog Network, a story about some kids in Los Angeles who did their research and came up with several good ideas about improving conditions for bicycle commuters. Then they ran up against the reality that the public forums on the city's bike plan weren't so public. But they didn't let that stop them. Stephen Box at SoapBox LA reports: The FIRSTteamWestside (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a group of kids who prepared a presentation that they intended to give at the Bike Plan ...