Comments on: There’s Safety in (Bike-Specific) Infrastructure http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/04/there%e2%80%99s-safety-in-bike-specific-infrastructure/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Wentzel http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/04/there%e2%80%99s-safety-in-bike-specific-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-46651 Dan Wentzel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:08:42 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=18901#comment-46651 Speaking of bike infrastructure... I was at the Metro community meeting last night in West Hollywood for the Westside Subway Extension, where five proposed stops were discussed (Hollywood/Highland, SantaMonica/LaBrea, SantaMonica/Fairfax, SantaMonica/SanVicente and BeverlyCenter). Each proposed station had a table where someone led a discussion about where to locate the station boxes, what type of box, what portals would be best for the station, how they relate to the community, etc.. At the SantaMonica/SanVicente table (and the station looks like will be between SanVicente and LaCienega on Santa Monica so they can make that turn down to the Beverly Center), more that one person stated that the station should have bicycle parking (not automobile parking). The transportation consultant asked, "How much parking?" He said he was serious. Should we have 15 spaces, 20 spaces, 100 spaces? No one had an exact figure. So if you'd like bike parking at these stations, now is the time to make yourself heard. How much bike parking would be appropriate for a subway station? Speaking of bike infrastructure…

I was at the Metro community meeting last night in West Hollywood for the Westside Subway Extension, where five proposed stops were discussed (Hollywood/Highland, SantaMonica/LaBrea, SantaMonica/Fairfax, SantaMonica/SanVicente and BeverlyCenter). Each proposed station had a table where someone led a discussion about where to locate the station boxes, what type of box, what portals would be best for the station, how they relate to the community, etc..

At the SantaMonica/SanVicente table (and the station looks like will be between SanVicente and LaCienega on Santa Monica so they can make that turn down to the Beverly Center), more that one person stated that the station should have bicycle parking (not automobile parking). The transportation consultant asked, “How much parking?” He said he was serious. Should we have 15 spaces, 20 spaces, 100 spaces? No one had an exact figure.

So if you’d like bike parking at these stations, now is the time to make yourself heard. How much bike parking would be appropriate for a subway station?

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