bicycle lanes

Up in the West San Fernando Valley is what appears to be the city’s of Los Angeles’ most substandard bike facility, and the city has all too many inadequate bike facilities to choose from. A stretch of De Soto Avenue has a three-foot wide bike lane, two feet of which are the concrete gutter. It’s at the intersection of De Soto and El Rancho Road, located in the community of Woodland Hills. It’s just one long block south of the Metro J Line (Orange) Bus Rapid Transit and bike path, and right across the street from Pierce College.

The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby

The city is currently seeking input on three proposed options: protected bike lanes, European design curb-level protected lanes, and a ridiculous center-running bikeway

Modest bike safety upgrades in Cypress Park and Sylmar

Culver City opted to install low-cost quick-build walk/bus/bike upgrades exactly where they are most needed - in its walkable historic downtown, connecting to its E Line station. The improvements are now under threat.

The progress report is actually difficult to report on because there is so little substance to it - but it is clear that the city is in no hurry to implement its own multimodal Mobility Plan.

No UCLA student should have to risk their life to get to/from the Expo line, or even just around Westwood Village

The city presented a batch of ideas that increase capacity and use of the 10 Freeway, but also includes some protected active transportation facilities

Metro rail service and ridership graphs, new bike lanes on Fountain Avenue, newly protected bike lanes on White Oak Avenue, and more