Slog - Comments on More on the Bike Program Changes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes The Bike Seattle blog has a detailed explanation of popular city bike coordinator Peter Lagerwey's recent demotion, which I've written about before. Check it out. Lagerwey's demotion, which was accompanied by the reassignment of fellow bike advocate Pauh Wang to the city's sign shop (way down on Airport Way; a huge fuck-you from Mayor Nickels and transportation department head Grace Crunican), is causing nationwide ripples, with bike advocates from here to D.C. wondering what the hell SDOT was thinking. Lagerwey's replacement, Megan Hoyt, is an engineer and expert on pedestrian issues with no previous experience in advocating for bikers' interests.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:00:09 -0800 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:55:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Nobody cares, actually. Doesn't mean anything.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605535 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:31:10 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell Meanwhile, here's the bike coordinator for the flat, warm, road debris-free city of Los Angeles, where almost no one rides a bike (yet).

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-bicycle2jan02,0,1097586.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605546 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:40:21 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Sounds like more of Mayor McCheese's micro-managing my-way-or-the-highway (tunnel?) bullshit. He's done hardly a thing for cyclists in 5 years.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605570 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:06:57 -0800 Comment by mirror Didn't we just vote in a bunch of money for bicycle transportation facilitation? I thought it was too much but I did vote for it. Sounds like someone is going against the mandate.

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605572 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:08:36 -0800 Comment by golob It means something to me! I'm paying that damn property tax for road maintenance, you know, the one that was sold as "More bicycle lanes!"

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605577 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:10:21 -0800 Comment by mirror OOOPs. Reading your linked article from Bikeseattle I see that this personnel infighting is a little more complex than you make it appear in your 2nd post on this issue. The bikeseattle makes it sound like maybe there was more of a mandate to support the master plan currently on the table and throw anyone overboard who would create more process.

But truth: I wish I hadn't commented in the first place.

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/more_on_the_bike_program_changes#c605586 City Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:15:30 -0800 Comment by kowtried ihnwjm khuvpw mvukbqyt flcw vgpd cvslzg pujhrft rznvlt

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