LA Mayor Villaraigosa has unveiled a “Give Me 3” Bike Safety Poster

The Mayor also announced that he would like to “make the 3 Foot Passing Rule a 3 Foot Passing Law” in California. He will be introducing the bill, going to Sacramento and working with the bicycling community to ensure that this becomes a reality. “We’ll keep at it until it becomes part of the California Vehicle Code.”

LA has to be one of the most bike unfriendly cities anywhere. When I lived there many years ago it was common for bike lanes to end abruptly at the intersection with eight lanes of freeway, and no way to get across. Apparently the very first LA Bicycle Summit was just held this year. Excellent to see them take (three?) steps to at least make bicycling safer.