Streetsblog was up in the West San Fernando Valley yesterday and spotted some new construction underway on the city's $25 million Reseda Boulevard Complete Streets Project. The three-mile long project is a joint effort of the city's Bureau of Engineering (BOE), Department of Transportation (LADOT), Street Services (StreetsLA) and Bureaus of Sanitation and Street Lighting - led by local City Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield, Nithya Raman, and John Lee.
The project includes three miles of continuous protected bike lanes - plus new ADA ramps, sidewalks, bus islands, lighting, trees, bioswales, left turn signals, and more. See earlier coverage for project details, including the city's video explainer.
Construction kicked off in 2020 and is anticipated to be completed in early 2023.
Enjoy these photos - and check it out for yourself next time you're in Reseda.
Along Reseda Boulevard, the most visible new features are bus islands. The project includes eleven new bus islands at nine intersections - including this one at Reseda and Vanowen Street. Concrete work for about a half-dozen bus islands (all on the west/southbound side) has already been completed.false
City image showing plans for Reseda Boulevard bus islands - via the city's explainer videofalse
New Reseda Boulevard bus island at Valerio Streetfalse
Reseda Boulevard bus island at Ingomar Street. Note that though island construction is more-or-less complete, the Metro and DASH bus stop has not yet been moved from the near side of the intersection.false
New bus island under construction on Reseda at Kittridge Streetfalse
A lot of work on Reseda Boulevard is less prominent - including repaired sidewalks and new ADA-accessible curb ramps.false
The Reseda Boulevard project includes 13 new bioswale rain garden planters - including this one under construction near Chase Street.false
I think everyone agrees there's a safety issue with motorized bikes and modified e-bikes being treated as bicycles, but based on early reviews this legislation won't solve those problems.
Bureau of Street Services GM states that budget cuts forced them to pivot to "large asphalt repair." That practice ends up resurfacing streets partially, ineffectively, and inefficiently.
