This past weekend, the LADOT Bike Program oversaw the striping of 2.4 more miles of bike lanes in the Valley. A few final construction elements are ongoing (like signal adjustments), but the bike lanes are ready to go. Our bike lane project page and our projects google map are adjusted accordingly.
Rinaldi Street
Stretching 1.3 miles from Mason Ave in the west to Tampa Ave in the east, the Rinaldi bike lanes are a key connection in the north Valley bicycle network. Not only does it close the gap of existing bike lanes on Rinaldi (one section nearly 6 miles from Laurel Canyon Road in the east to Tampa Ave and the other section 0.7 miles from Desoto Ave in the west to Mason Ave – creating a continuous bike lane almost 8 miles long), but it also connects to bike lanes on Tampa Ave, bike lanes on Corbin Ave, bike lanes on Porter Ranch Road, and bike lanes on Mason Ave. This project gives as much “bang for your buck” as possible when trying to achieve gap closure of existing facilities.
Reseda Boulevard
Reseda Boulevard is one step closer to becoming a continuous spine of north/south bicycle infrastructure in the Valley with this newest striping of 1.1 miles of bike lanes. Going from Valerio Street in the south to Roscoe Boulevard in the north, this stretch of bike lanes connects with the Reseda Sharrows. The last section necessary for a continuous ride from San Fernando Mission Boulevard in the north to well into the Santa Monica Mountains in the south (over 9 miles of infrastructure) is a half-mile section of bike lanes from Roscoe Boulevard to Parthenia Street. The LADOT Bike Program will work with CD 12 and the local community to help make this last section of bike lanes a reality.
Up Next
The next bike lanes on the LADOT Bike Program docket are a mile-long section of bike lanes on Woodman Avenue in the east Valley. When we get the go-ahead, LADOT Bike Blog will be there to let you know.
More bike lanes right in the door zone?
The only safe way to use these bike lanes is along the very left edge. Which could put your left arm and handlebar over the edge and into the auto lane. If we get a three-foot-pass law, it would send a mixed message to auto drivers. i.e. if a bike rider is hanging out one foot over the left edge of the bike lane, a car driver would be expected to allow four feet passing distance from the bike lane. But car drivers might want to drive right up to the edge of the bike lane. Better than nothing? Well, maybe.
Thank you bike fairies.
Perfect! The valley thanks you.
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Incredibly stoked. My 27 mile commute between Northridge and Los Feliz is now approximately 23 miles of bike facilities. LADOT…. starting to love ya more and more…
Where are your 4 miles of gaps? Any of it on the 3 bike networks in the new bike plan?
Franklin and Los Feliz blvd is about 2-3 miles of it… a few 1/4 and 1/8th mile gaps here and there…. I’m also extending the trip out of the way a bit just to hit streets that have facilities.
Hmm – Franklin is a Neighborhood Network street and Los Feliz is Backbone east of Vermont and Neighborhood to the west http://www.labikeplan.org/index.php/download_file/view/109/55/. Have to check where they sit on the implementation list next.
yeah Franklin is not bad. Los Feliz is a whole other story… peak hour lanes and a fun as hell but heart pounding bomb drop to the river bike path. heading east… the merge to right turn at riverside is havoc. witnessed a hit and run there once as a car swerved from the 2 lane to the 3 just before the right turn yield at riverside. I go 1 or 2 lane head past riverside then merge right just after the 5 off ramp.
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Great more and more less cars !!