LADOT and Film Industry Agree to Compromise on Green Bike Lanes
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LADOT and film industry representatives have agreed on terms for the next batch of green bike lanes in the city of L.A.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about bike lanes
Side-Street Bikeways Only Pay Off If You Have Protected Bike Lanes Too
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Building bikeways only on quiet streets might actually be the worst option, one study says.
New Road Diet Bike Lanes Striped on Northeast L.A.’s Fletcher Drive
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The city of L.A. has nearly completed 0.8 miles of new road diet bike lane on Fletcher Drive, extending from San Fernando Road to Eagle Rock Boulevard. The lanes contribute to fairly strong bikeway network in northeast L.A.
South Bay Area Cities Start Building Separated Bike Lanes
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New on-street bike lanes separated from auto traffic are nearing completion in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and a handful of neighboring cities have plans to install them too. Separated bike infrastructure gained traction among local planners after Caltrans approved Class IV Separated Bikeway design standards [PDF] in December 2015. The first protected intersections were […]
Homeless on the Hairball Follow Up
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On Tuesday, Streetsblog followed up on a report from Dan Crosby, a bike commuter who rides the hairball, about how the westbound bike bridge had become almost completely obstructed by the homeless. Streetsblog reached out to several agencies and the mayor about it. And a day later the encampment that was blocking the bike lane, […]
Biking and the Homeless on the Hairball: A Sad Situation for All
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Dan Crosby works in tech and cycles to his job in SoMa, using the bike lanes and bridges along Cesar Chavez. Recently, Crosby brought this situation to the attention of Streetsblog: “There’s now a homeless encampment on the westbound Cesar Chavez bike bridge under the 101. There have often been a couple of tents there, […]
“Pocket” Bike Lanes: A Small Step to Make Intersections Work Better?
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A bike lane that appears at an intersection to help guide bicyclists out of the way of turning drivers — in Washington, D.C., they call this a “pocket lane.” David Cranor writes at Greater Greater Washington that the District is looking to add them along streets that don’t otherwise have bike lanes, targeting intersections where […]
New Bike Lanes Striped on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood Condo Canyon
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The city of L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) is putting the finishing touches on new bike lanes on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood. The new bike lanes run 0.7 miles from Selby Avenue to Beverly Glen Boulevard. They extend the existing Wilshire bike lanes that currently run 0.2 miles from Beverly Glen to Comstock Avenue. The […]
Report: As Cities Add Bike Lanes, More People Bike and Biking Gets Safer
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The more people bike on the streets, the safer the streets are for everyone who bikes. This phenomenon, originally identified by researcher Peter Jacobsen, is known as “safety in numbers.” And that’s exactly what American cities are seeing as they add bike infrastructure — more cyclists and safer cycling — according to a new report […]
Evidence That Split-Phase Signals Are Safer Than Mixing Zones for Bike Lanes
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When DOT presented plans for a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue, one point of contention was the design of intersections. How many intersections will get split-phase signals, where cyclists and pedestrians crossing the street get a separate signal phase than turning drivers? And how many will get “mixing zones,” where pedestrians and cyclists negotiate […]
South L.A. Cyclists Call for Central Ave. Bike Lane
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“What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want them? NOW!” So went the chants as approximately 40 members of the South Central community headed north toward City Councilmember Curren Price’s constituent center on Central Avenue yesterday evening. They were headed there to speak with the group of stakeholders that recently got the green […]