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Light Pollution in the Ojai Valley

On May 11, 2010, at the Ojai City Council meeting, during Unscheduled Items, Ojai resident Martin Potter spoke eloquently for three minutes on light pollution. He gave a history of how he has been trying to get the City to enforce their own ordinance for five years! Here is what he said:

My name is Martin Potter and I live at 108 East Eucalyptus Street. I’m here tonight to speak about enforcement of the City of Ojai Zoning Regulation which deals with light pollution.

Light pollution is the nighttime spill of light upward and outside the boundaries of the property which the light is installed. Light pollution tends to light an otherwise dark sky and interferes with our ability to see the stars, and it is a global problem.

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Posted by Transportation Committee on June 17, 2010 12:10 AM | | Comments (0)

What Rush Hour Could Look Like: The Glorious Bike Traffic of Utrecht, Holland

Every Day is Bike-to-Work-Day in Europe!

The following video offers a look into the beautiful country of Holland, a place where transit is clean, efficient, and safe.
Translation: Everyone rides bikes and uses public transportation.

http://www.good.is/post/what-rush-hour-could-look-like-the-glorious-bike-traffic-of-utrecht-holland

Thanks to Ojai Trees for sending this video!

Posted by Transportation Committee on May 16, 2010 2:29 PM | | Comments (0)

A New Look at the Top Ten Reasons for Making Ojai a Bicycle-and-Pedestrian Friendly Community

May is National Bike Month, and the League of American Bicyclists is partnering with hundreds of cities across the country to promote Bike-to-Work Week from May 17-21 and Bike to-Work Day on Friday, May 21.

If you grew up in Ojai fifty years ago, as I did, you’ll remember a time when you could safely walk and bicycle everywhere, even during peak hour traffic times. Ojai was naturally bicycle-and-pedestrian-friendly. Times have changed. According to the most recent (2008) Ojai Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, 6,000 cars a day now travel on Grand Avenue.

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Posted by Transportation Committee on May 13, 2010 6:47 AM | | Comments (0)

Letter to the City from John van Houten, M.D., "It is time for Ojai to take a new look at the existing Bike Plan"

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan will be on the Ojai City Council Agenda, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (See article below or click here) http://www.ojaipost.com/2010/04/bicycle_pedestrian_master_plan.shtml

John van Houten, M.D., sent the following cover Letter concerning the City's Bike/Ped Plan to Ojai City staff and Council in September, 2009.

To the Ojai City Council members and the City Manager,

Attached please find a copy of a letter that I submitted to the Ojai Valley News that was published last week (September 18, 2009).

My motivation for writing this letter lay in the fact that my children are unable to safely ride their bikes to school despite living within a mile from both schools. Riding down any main street in Ojai is an exercise in weaving around parked cars, avoiding being “mirrored” by passing cars on the left and “doored” by the parked cars on the right.

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Posted by Transportation Committee on April 11, 2010 11:44 PM | | Comments (0)

Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan on Ojai City Council Agenda

Alternative Transportation is on the Ojai City Council Agenda, Tuesday April 13, 2010. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. It's hard to predict when the council will discuss the items below, as it depends in part on how many people speak at the beginning of the meeting on "Unscheduled Items." My guess is around 8:15 pm.
Item 4 - Grand Avenue Bicycle Lanes
Item 5 - Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan
Item 6 - Transit System Service Reduction Options
Click here to read the full agenda and staff reports: http://www.ci.ojai.ca.us/

The Grand Avenue Bicycle Lanes were on the Ojai City Council agenda way back in 1997. Teachers, parents and students wrote numerous letters and testified at City Council meetings on why Safe Routes to School are needed.

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Posted by Transportation Committee on April 11, 2010 11:26 PM | | Comments (0)

May is National Bike Month --Check out the fabulous official website!

Bike Month 2010

The League of American Bicyclists is promoting Bike-to-Work Week 2010 from May 17-21 and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 21. With the help of the League's step by step guide the Ojai Valley Green Coalition Transportation Committee is looking forward to promoting Ojai Valley events. Help us count cyclists in the Ojai Valley this May, and every month!

Click here to see the fabulous official website for National Bike Month:
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/
Check the events section often to see what bike month and bike to work week events are going on in Ojai and the rest of Ventura and Santa Barbara County. Suza will submit Ojai event information to be posted on the Natonal site. She is posting this here as a reminder to email Ojai event news to communication@bikeleague.org. Write, "Bike Month Event" in the subject line of the email.

Posted by Transportation Committee on April 1, 2010 9:40 AM | | Comments (0)

Special screening of the film 'Toxic Brew'

Toxic Brew, a film about children's exposure to common chemicals in the home and their effects, will be screened at the next Ojai Valley Green Coalition's Environmental Health Committee meeting, Weds. Feb 11 at 6:30 pm. This film includes comments by a toxicologist, a pediatrician, researchers, air quality specialists, and experts on hazardous chemicals. A discussion will follow the film. Refreshments will be served. Space is limited. Please call Marleen Luckman, committee chair, to reserve a space and for directions--805-279-2101.

Posted by Communications / Publicity Committee on September 21, 2008 6:15 PM | | Comments (0)

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