Skip to Content
Streetsblog Los Angeles home
Streetsblog Los Angeles home
Log In
Bike LA (formerly LACBC)

2010: A Sharrows Odyssey

8:37 AM PDT on June 5, 2009

6 5 09 cicle_1.jpgImage: C.I.C.L.E.

Yesterday's e-blast from the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition contained the sad news that the city's ongoing study to think about installing Sharrows is going to be delayed yet again.  The LACBC tried to put a happy face on the announcement by focusing on their progress; but with cyclists already riled up by the Bike Master Plan maps it's hard to imagine that the LADOT's excuse for delay is going to go over well

In
addition to working with Garcetti's office and LADOT we have begun to
have constructive conversations with the Mayor's Office, SCAG, and
Metro to discuss moving forward with the project.

At a
meeting, held last week, the pilot project timeline was reevaluated and
due in part to LADOT and Alta Planning's priority to finish the Bike
Plan, the Sharrow Project prioritization won't begin until September.
We were hoping to see paint on the ground before the end of 2009, but
unfortunately it looks like we will not see paint until early 2010.

We
do, however, have a preliminary list of 9 streets that are allocated
for Sharrow implementation and we will be reviewing them in the next
two weeks before they become finalized.

That the LADOT is busy with the BMP, a document they early in the week claimed was being done by Planning and that they had no control over, is the most recent in a series of weird excuses.  My personal favorite was that they were delaying so they could research what kind of paint to use that wouldn't be slippery when it got wet, a process that should have taken about ten seconds.  But seriously, Alta Planning has proven themselves to be a top flight planning group around the country, but if they couldn't do the Sharrows Study at the same time as the BMP, couldn't we have found someone else?  It's not like we don't have some top-flight planning groups here in L.A. as well.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Today's Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

ICE, Measure HLA, Chinatown, Mid-City, SB79, Glendale, and more

March 6, 2026
South LA

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square”

“Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, they pay tribute to how he transformed them.

March 5, 2026
Measure HLA - Healthy Streets

Measure HLA at Two Years: a Timeline of How L.A. City has Resisted Safer Multimodal Streets

With just 300 feet of HLA upgrades in two years, L.A. City's main effort has been to actively block HLA progress

March 5, 2026
Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

World Cup, LAPD, LASD, congestion pricing, Waymo, homelessness, Long Beach, Metrolink, Glendale, car-nage, and more

March 5, 2026
Today's Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

Nipsey Hussle Square, Long Beach, marathon, Griffith Park, Sycamore Grove Park, car-nage, and more

March 4, 2026
SGV

SGV Connect 146: What’s Next for the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority

CEO Habib Balian joins SGV Connect to discuss the A Line’s steady ridership, transit-oriented development along the corridor, and the shift to a new delivery model for the long-anticipated Claremont extension.

March 3, 2026
See all posts