

Trash cans in the bike lane! Agh! Not again. Who will help us make LA bike friendly?

Looking for a bike-friendly mayoral candidate? We are too!

Mayor Antonio “Deep V” Villaraigosa is terming out of office – and that could spell the end for CicLAvia, an end to the aggressive bike lane plan implementation from the LADOT, and any hope of funding pro-bicycle and pro-pedestrian improvements instead of the same-old-same-old road paving and signal timing projects.

What would a bike friendly mayoral candidate stand for?

We went a little crazy on Twitter recently and generated a bunch of ideas. Read on for some things to ask the candidates as you attend public debates, interact with them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or in person at campaign events:

Our friends at the Wolfpack Hustle had these suggestions:

commit to halting speed increases, create hit&run task force, commit to 6′ bike lanes, double LADOT implementation.

The LA County Bike Coalition drafted a candidate survey that is worth a look.

Who is running for mayor of LA in March of 2013 and what are their Twitter handles?

Eric Garcetti @ericgarcetti

Wendy Greuel @Wendy_Greuel

Jan Perry – @janperry

Kevin James @james4mayor

Emmanuel Pleitz @PleitzforLA

You can follow what these folks are saying using our #lamayor2013 hastag or the list we created.