Comments on: LADOT Stripes Half-Mile of Reseda Bike Lanes

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:54:02 +0000

I think that the city’s Navigate LA service provides a map-based schedule for repavings, but it has been a while since I’ve used it.

http://navigatela.lacity.org

Good ol’ Mayor Hahn actually implemented some good stuff.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:15:34 +0000

I recently found out too – streets that have class 2 bike lanes should rank higher when prioritizing streets for repaving

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:40:21 +0000

@Mattyoung – Let us know your statistics! I’d like to see them. (Be sure to count my photos from the new Myra lanes – posted here: http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/21/bike-lanes-appear-on-myra-avenue/ )

I hoped to take a photo of another cyclist there, but during my 20-minute visit on a hot Saturday afternoon, I didn’t see any other cyclists using them. Most cyclists probably aren’t aware of them yet. I did see three bicyclists in the stretch just south of this photo (the area which is planned to be striped this weekend.) All three of them were all riding on the sidewalk.

Today this is an isolated half-mile… as it extends further it becomes more useful. I expect that we’ll see more and more people using the lanes over time. I don’t expect dramatic change overnight.

@ayla – I don’t know… but perhaps it’s a matter of asking the Bureau of Street Services… and asking them to put their upcoming work schedule on-line somewhere.

By: ayla

ayla — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:19:09 +0000

how do we find out which streets are scheduled for repaving?

By: Mattyoung

Mattyoung — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:46:24 +0000

I see more cars than bikes on most of these bike lane photos. I am thinking about publishing the statistics. What is the probability that a typical bicycle advocate would choose a day with no bikes to take a photo?

By: roadblock

roadblock — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:30:41 +0000

This victory may seem small… but it is not. This is HUGE. We now have a blue print method of finally getting bicycle infrastructure into place.

1. Scope out all streets that are scheduled for repaving.
2. Approach area neighborhood councils in advance of repaving and explain the benefits of cycling infrastructure for their neighborhoods. NOT many homeowners out there are excited to have rush hour traffic milling through their neighborhoods. The bicycle lane works beautifully as a “political line in the sand” against the creeping in of peak hour lanes. This point MUST BE STRESSED.
3. Introduce motions at the NC meetings to compel the LADOT to install bicycle lanes with every re-pavement effort in the area. As we can see with the dramatic 180 degree turn on Reseda BLVD, IT’s NOT THAT HARD.

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:04 +0000

Looking at the draft bike plan which was released after these lanes were already striped on the ground… This part of Reseda Boulevard is still proposed to be designated a “Potential Bike Lane.” This is the designation formerly known as “Proposed but Currently Infeasible.”

I guess that this can be interpreted hopefully in that there are so many bicyclists out there pushing, so the situation on the ground is actually starting to change… and that it’s just difficult for the city to keep up with what the city is doing.