The City of Irvine recently applied for to the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) for Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) status.  This application came as a surprise to many club leaders and other cyclists we spoke with, who had no idea that Irvine was pursuing such an award.

While Irvine has taken advantage of starting with a “clean slate” to build a network of on-street bike lanes and off-street bike paths, this alone does not make a community friendly to cyclists, and CABO believes that more work is needed before Irvine should be given a BFC award.

CABO’s detailed comments are available here:
https://cabobike.org/files/CABO_Comments_Irvine_BFC_Application_Spring_2009.pdf

The on-line survey is here – responses are due by Friday, April 17, 2009:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228ZU4XDSA2

The BFC scoring criteria are available here:
https://cabobike.org/files/BFC_Local_Review_Scoring_Guidelines_2009.pdf

Irvine’s BFC application:
https://cabobike.org/files/Irvine_CA_BFC_App_Spring_2009.pdf