CBC Seeks More Ropresentative Caltrans Standards
Neal
California Bike Coalition Seeks More Representative Caltrans Standards
When bicycling facilities help people feel safer, more people of all ages and abilities ride bikes. Yet the current statewide design standards keep California cities from building the kind of facilities envisioned by the Urban Bikeways Design Guide released earlier this month by the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
To give cities the tools they need, CBC is sponsoring Assembly Bill 345, authored by Assembly member Toni Atkins of San Diego, to require Caltrans to consult with all road users when developing statewide design standards. At a State Capitol hearing April 11, the bill will be amended to ensure that this requirement applies to the membership of Caltrans advisory committees that help create those standards, such as the California Traffic Control Devices Committee.
Caltrans is making progress. In 2008 the agency adopted a complete streets policy that calls for accommodating the needs of all road users, not just motorists, in state highway planning, design, construction and maintenance. Yet that progress has not trickled down to the CTCDC, which advises Caltrans on standards for traffic signals, signs and pavement markings such as bike lanes and crosswalks. Motorists are the only roadway users represented: the California State Automobile Association and Automobile Club of Southern California each have a seat on the committee.
Neal
Bob Sutterfield
Yes, CBC worked with CABO on this. "Non-motorized" representatives joined the CTCDC last year. CABO endorsed several of the nominees. Newly elected CABO President Dan Gutierrez is one of the alternates.
Daniel Gutierrez
After an extensive phone interview process, John was selected by Caltrans as a member and I was selected as his alternate. In addition Caltrans selected Bryan Jones (Engineer at the City of Carlsbad) as a member and Rock Miller (Engineer at the design firm Stantec Consulting) was selected as his alternate. CABO deliberately endorsed us because we were known as knowledgeable in the subject matter and were not beholden to a transportation agency or private design company, so we would be more free of potential conflicts of interest in representing the interests of non-motorized travelers, should the city or design firm employing the other candidates not agree with recommendations they would otherwise bring to the committee.
- Dan Gutierrez -
Long Beach, CA
(562) 244-4145 Cell
Dan.Gu...@Charter.Net
Organizational Affiliations
Local:
Long Beach Cyclists, Founder and Technical Advisor
Aerospace Cycling Club, Founder and Current President
South Bay Westside Transportation Mgmt. Assoc., Board Member
Southern CA AQMD Certified Employee Transportation Coordinator
State:
CA Assoc. of Bicycling Organizations (CABO), President
CABO Education Committee Co-Chair http://www.cabobike.org/
Caltrans District 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee, Policy Chair
Caltrans Understanding Bicycle Transportation course developer/teacher
California Traffic Control Devices Committee, Alternate
National:
League of American Bicyclists (LAB), Certified Instructor, LCI #962
http://www.bikeleague.org/
Dual Chase Productions LLC, Co-Creator: http://www.dualchase.com/
Dual Chase video hosting at Cyclist View: http://www.cyclistview.com/
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/CyclistLorax
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jimbaross
What is/was your intention for posting this more than somewhat self agrandizing (spelling?) PR piece from CBC? It has been my observation that their messages tend to (never) mention the positive roles and contributions that CABO has provided... Only though, obliquely, hinting assertions of CABO thwarting their intentions. Demonizing the contender?
Or am I too sensitive/ off base about your intentions?
Jim Baross
San Diego, CA
Sent from hard-to-type-on smart phone.
: -)
Neal
After I learn more about CABO I hope to make some material contributions.
The California Association of Bicycling Organizations (CABO) is an association of
clubs, groups, associations, and/or organizations which have BICYCLING as their major
interest CABO was established to encourage, maintain, and improve cycling in
California and it exists to serve the cycling community, including bike club members,
commuters, cyclo-tourists, mountain bikers, racers, and individual cyclists of any
persuasion.
The CABO Board of Directors is comprised of willing and dedicated volunteers,
experienced cyclists who have expertise in advocacy and public relations. Other
qualified volunteers and cyclists serve on the local level as Area Directors or
Representatives, maintaining a liaison between CABO and other organizations. Meetings
are held four times a year in various locations.
CABO volunteers work with agencies and provide advice and recommendations
regarding bicycle projects and policies. Since city, county, and state bureaucracies
sometimes propose restrictive ordinances or laws which affect bicycling, CABO board
members spend a great deal of time attending to governmental actions, reading
legislation, making phone calls, writing letters, and informing cyclists of important
activities.
Equality for cyclists, in the legal, political, and social arena, is a vital prerequisite for
bicycling enjoyment by advocating public education for roadway users, competent and
cooperative roadway behavior, improved road conditions, and equal rights for cyclists,
CABO helps to improve the California cycling climate.
CABO also publishes a newsletter to keep members informed and a master
schedule of rides so that organizations can schedule events on non-competing dates.
Bicyc1es are equal vehicles under the law and they deserve respect Cyclists need, and
should use the advocacy and communication system which CABO provides. Individuals
and organizations are invited to join in order to strengthen a coordinated bicycle point of
view in California.
The CABO draft Policies for 2012 look fine to me and I would vote for their adoption ..... if I had a ballot ...... :)
John Forester
and CBC in terms of goals that are near the top of their lists. CABO
seeks safe cycling through facilities and laws that are engineered to
work together according to an understood method of traffic operation.
CBC seeks popular cycling through facilities that appeal to the general
public.
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John Forester, MS, PE
Bicycle Transportation Engineer
7585 Church St. Lemon Grove CA 91945-2306
619-644-5481 fore...@johnforester.com
www.johnforester.com
Jim Baross
More misunderstanding. Responses inserted below.
Jim Baross
From: cabo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:cabo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [CABOforum] CBC Seeks More Ropresentative Caltrans Standards
Hello Jim and All,
" .......... Only though, obliquely, hinting assertions of CABO thwarting their intentions. Demonizing the contender?"
Sorry if the posted article ruffled your feathers. I assure you it was unintentional.
[JB - ] I have no feathers. I asked why you posted without comment the somewhat dated news/PR from CBC.
Long story of the efforts that CABO folks made toward getting Caltrans to expand the CTCDC… legislating is messy.
As a relative newby on CABO I am not familiar with the politics or Machiavellian manoeuvring [sic] of various bicycle organizations.
[JB - ] Neither I nor CABO are maneuvering to denigrate any bicycling advocacy organizations in any manner that I am aware of, Machiavellian or otherwise. However CABO and “vehicular cycling” has been – I’ll call it – attacked as not acting in the interests of bicycling. A self-appointed advocate/blogger sent letters to current and former CABO member organizations telling them they should quit CABO. We lost one member organization as a result.
I gather from your post that CBC is not a friend of CABO and vice versa. News to me.
[JB - ] Until recently I was on the CBC Board. I was asked by their Chair to resign, so I did. I believe the reason for the request was that I was not adhering to CBC positions on legislation; I thought I was helping improve flawed efforts.
Alan Wachtel and I have participated on the CBC led Calif. legislative committee for some time. (Though I haven’t been made aware of that committee meeting recently.) The CBC Executive Director, Dave Snyder has spoken to the CABO Board, and Alan, Bert Hill, and I met with Dave and a CBC Board member, Jennifer Stanley, last month amicably discussing the relationships between the two statewide bicycling advocacy organizations and current legislative efforts.
There are friendly and useful relationships among the CBC and CABO board members, but it is somewhat galling to so often read CBC PR about “their” accomplishments that fail to mention CABO contributions. Since CBC must support significant staff and lobbying costs – compared to CABO - it is understandable that they have to raise money by selling accomplishments as if from their own efforts…
I was proceeding as though all bicycle organizations were working for a common goal of improving the lot of pedal cyclists.
[JB - ] Bicycling advocates have more in common than the arguments/discussions would indicate. From my point of view, Calif. would be better off with one advocacy organization, but I have failed in several years of trying to combine CBC with CABO, or CABO with CBC, or some new third organization.
From my viewpoint, CBC seems to be oriented toward seeking to get more people out of cars onto bicycles, while CABO seeks to protect and improve conditions for people who use bicycles. There are certainly more shared approaches to somewhat differing goals, but some differences do show up. The recent work around AB 819 provide an example. (Just ask.)
Could you list other bicycle organizations that CABO has 'unfriended'?
[JB - ] Are you being deliberately confrontive? I am not aware of any “unfriending”. CABO/I participate in and support many efforts of other organizations – I attended the Transform summit last month. We have criticized and recommended changes to some organizations; the early work by Rails to Trails was criticized for its portrayal of roadway bicycling as too dangerous to consider. They have modified their messages. We CABO folks are quick to look at the details and ramifications that it seems some others haven’t considered; some might call this nit-picking or worse. I consider it important to be careful and complete.
If I know who they are I could attempt to censor my posts to not include any information from those sources on this forum. (or at least delete the offending attribution)
[JB - ] Which brings me to my original question; why did you post the almost year old CBC news to the CABO forum with no comment? Something like, “Did you know about this?” or “I just read this; was CABO involved?”
Is CABO a 501c3 non-profit ...... are my dues IRS tax deductible?
[JB - ] Yes, and yes to the extent of my knowledge of IRS rules. Since CABO provides no tangible material goods to you, I expect the whole amount of your dues and additional donations are deductible. Mine have been. My donations to CBCs Education fund, 501(c)3 have been made on a tax deductible basis; regular donations to CBC 501(c)4 are not – to my knowledge.
I am so new I have not even received my newsletter, master ride schedule, or ballot from CABO yet ................. :)
[JB - ] Again, are you trolling for a flame fight?
CABO has done newsletters but not recently… we’d like to start again, but most of us are too busy with other advocacy… and posting to the forum.
‘Want a volunteer job?
CABO was the first to start publishing a master Calif. ride schedule but gave it up after many years as several commercial publications were doing it better; notably “Cycle California” & “Adventure Cycling”, etc. It’s likely time to update that info on our web site.
What ballot? CABO Board members set budget and policy. Member organizations, not individual members, vote for Board members and bylaw changes.
"Bicycling education has helped the people I have encountered expand their capabilities, range, and frequency of bicycling, but they and I and no one can use a bike everywhere with complete safety. CABO and other advocacy efforts are to protect and improve bicycling for transportation and recreation.
Do you have a proposal, plan, or idea to help us?"
After I learn more about CABO I hope to make some material contributions.
As you can see from the above there are many areas of CABO I am unfamiliar with and I need to proceed slowly so I don't stub my toe too often.
I appreciate you patience.
The CABO I joined is spelled out in the Mission Statement below:
[JB - ] Me too.
The California Association of Bicycling Organizations (CABO) is …
Bob Sutterfield
" .......... Only though, obliquely, hinting assertions of CABO thwarting their intentions. Demonizing the contender?"
As a relative newby on CABO I am not familiar with the politics or Machiavellian manoeuvring [sic] of various bicycle organizations.
Neither I nor CABO are maneuvering to denigrate any bicycling advocacy organizations in any manner that I am aware of, Machiavellian or otherwise. However CABO and “vehicular cycling” has been – I’ll call it – attacked as not acting in the interests of bicycling.
Frank Neal
Hear, HERE! So true!
Thanks Bob! – Frank Neal, OCW Board, CTC Hall of Fame
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Neal and others:
It is worthwhile to explore the relationship between/among various organizations and people who are seeking to improve bicycling conditions, but it is more useful, in my opinion, to seek to work together when we can than to pick at the differences. Your apparently innocently provided questions seem to be framed in a manner that can/will reduce that capacity and will likely increases animosity… unnecessarily. For instance -
I cannot find any “…reference above that John is a board member of CBC…”. And, the CBC web site does not list him as a CBC board member.
I was not “fired” from the CBC Board. Their president, during a phone discussion about concerns and recommendations that CABO and I provided to CBC, said he’d like me to resign. I did.
I’d like to stick to the facts and to seek to improve conditions for bicycling. ‘Got anything that you are doing that we might assist with?... beside your research into the relationship between CBC and CABO?
Jim Baross
From: cabo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:cabo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 2:10 AM
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Hello Dan and All,
Neal
Hello Jim and All,
Thanks for your prompt and kind reply,
First I should compliment you on your effort on behalf of cyclists – I for one appreciate it.
I am not trying to exacerbate the CBC/CABO politics – just getting the ‘lay of the land’.
I agree with you ...... “I’d like to stick to the facts and to seek to improve conditions for bicycling.”
As I see it …… you DO ……. accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
And Don't mess with Mister In-Between (Arlen/Mercer)
“It is worthwhile to explore the relationship between/among various organizations and people who are seeking to improve bicycling conditions, but it is more useful, in my opinion, to seek to work together when we can than to pick at the differences. Your apparently innocently provided questions seem to be framed in a manner that can/will reduce that capacity and will likely increases animosity… unnecessarily. For instance -
I cannot find any “…reference above that John is a board member of CBC…”. And, the CBC web site does not list him as a CBC board member.”
http://www.bicyclesolutions.com/pdfs/Ciccarelli_Resume_Master.pdf
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Bicycle Technical Committee -- Member
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) -- Associate Member
Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Professionals (APBP) -- Member
League of American Bicyclists (LAB) -- Life member, League Cycling Instructor #453-CK
California Bicycle Coalition (CBC) -- Member, Board of Directors
PUBLICATIONS
Principal author of APBP Bicycle Parking Guidelines (for planners and developers), 2nd edition (2009),
and 1st edition (2002).
Bicycle Boulevards case study, UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2003
“Bicycle Boulevards”, article in ITS Tech Transfer newsletter, UC Berkeley Institute for Transportation
Studies, Fall 1999. “Caltrain …………… continued ………….
Jim since you were a recent board member at CBC I defer to your version.