Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl will chair a meeting of the council’s Transportation Committee that will focus exclusively on bicycling issues on Wednesday, December 9, 2 pm – 5 pm.

Subjects on the agenda are:

• An update from the Planning Department and DOT on outreach efforts for the Draft Bicycle Master Plan
• Report from LAPD on bicycle incidents and conflicts between bicyclists and motorists
• The Sharrows pilot program
• A bicycle sharing program for the City of Los Angeles
• Bicyclist anti-harassment ordinance
• Revising the Zoning Code that would improve bicycle parking requirements for new development

LAPD issues promise to be especially heated given the recent incident at Critical Mass. It is unlikely that anything related to that incident will be resolved at this meeting, but it is important for the cycling community to continue pressure on the LAPD to rethink the way they interact with the cycling community and live up to the promises they have made to improve.

Even if you don’t have anything to say, attending these meetings lets the City Council, LAPD, and city departments know that these issues are important to a broad group of LA citizens.

The meeting is here:
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring Street, Room 1010
Los Angeles , CA 90012

The offical agenda is here.

And there’s some commentary here.