Comments on: It’s Back: Council Approves Funding for Environmental Study of Pico/Olympic Plan http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/09/its-back-council-approves-funding-for-environmental-study-of-picoolympic-plan/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Will Campbell http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/09/its-back-council-approves-funding-for-environmental-study-of-picoolympic-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Will Campbell Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:53:35 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/09/its-back-council-approves-funding-for-environmental-study-of-picoolympic-plan/#comment-1437 I wish I'd known about this meeting so that I could have added my 45 seconds to the minimal public comment that was voiced. My concern with this plan as a cyclist is that doing away with the curb lane parking spaces during crush hours is going to make it that much more dangerous for those of us traversing these boulevards on two wheels. Sure, it'll get rid of the dreaded door zone, but good luck to the cyclists that try to do anything but ride in the gutter on what's sure to treated by motorists as a surface street freeway. Inclusion of a sharrows program and "share the road" signage would be nice. I wish I'd known about this meeting so that I could have added my 45 seconds to the minimal public comment that was voiced.

My concern with this plan as a cyclist is that doing away with the curb lane parking spaces during crush hours is going to make it that much more dangerous for those of us traversing these boulevards on two wheels. Sure, it'll get rid of the dreaded door zone, but good luck to the cyclists that try to do anything but ride in the gutter on what's sure to treated by motorists as a surface street freeway.

Inclusion of a sharrows program and "share the road" signage would be nice.

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