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Eyes on the Street: New Modular Curbs on Main Street Protected Bike Lanes

Hopefully these quick-build improvements will prove effective on Main, and can be expanded to other protected bikeways throughout the city

By Joe Linton

12:01 PM PDT on September 30, 2024

Eyes on the Street: New Modular Curbs on Main Street Protected Bike Lanes

LADOT installed new modular curb devices on Main Street. Photos by Joe Linton

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The L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) recently installed new plastic curb features (see photos below) along four blocks of the two-way parking-protected bikeway on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. These function somewhat like wheel stop features installed in Angelino Heights, but are a slightly different rigid plastic modular curb, bolted into the street.

Close up of curb-stops where Main Street intersects Spring Street

New curb stops – installed on Main Street between 5th Street and Spring Street – help keep drivers out of the parking-protected two-way bikeway

As of last weekend, the new curb features had been installed on Main Street from 5th Street to Spring Street, just over one-tenth of a mile.

The Main Street (and parallel Spring Street) bikeways are frequently blocked by cars. The low plastic stops aren’t bulky enough to keep all drivers out of the bike lanes at all times, but should help guide unfamiliar or inattentive drivers on how to park properly.

Hopefully these quick-build improvements will prove effective on Main, and can be expanded to other bikeways throughout the city.

New plastic curb stops along Main Street bike lanes in downtown L.A.

Joe Linton

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