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Eyes on the Street: Green Bike Lanes Under Construction in Beverly Hills

Green striping on Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Photo via Joshua Paget

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After years of urging from community advocates, in 2017, the city of Beverly Hills approved adding bike lanes to its Santa Monica Boulevard re-vamp project. In recent days, reports are coming in on social media that Santa Monica Blvd. has "fresh kermit" - green-painted bike lanes.

https://twitter.com/danwentzel/status/1022647626330558464

The project is not quite done yet, but that green paint looks great. Kudos to Beverly Hills leadership for making sure Santa Monica Boulevard serves multi-modal transportation.

Now if the city leaders could convince their school district to stop wasting money on lawsuits against Purple Line subway construction.

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