We are excited to announce that a slew of bikeway projects should be in the ground before this summer. We’ll do a quick run through on this post of each of the projects. You can also download a PDF document (Updated 03/17/12) of all Active Bikeway Projects, here. We’ll tackle each project by geographic region after the jump!
San Fernando Valley
Starting things off, LADOT crews installed bike lanes on Vineland Ave. between Chandler Blvd. and Burbank Blvd. This stretch of bike lanes will help commuters get to the North Hollywood Metro Red and Orange Line stations, as well as the Chandler Blvd. bike path and Orange Line bikeway facilities. Also in the Valley, a 2.4 mile gap in the Devonshire St. bike lanes between Reseda Blvd. and Hayvenhurst Ave. will be filled, creating a continuous 7.4 mile backbone for the northern San Fernando Valley bikeway network. Out in Reseda, nearly two miles of bike lanes will be coming to White Oak Ave. between Vanowen St. and Roscoe Blvd.
Over in Van Nuys, 1.18 miles of bike lanes will be added on to Chandler Blvd (from Calhoun Ave.) and Van Nuys Blvd (from Chandler Blvd to Bessemer St), where the lanes will meet up with the Orange Line bike path. Over in San Fernando, 0.6 miles of bike lanes will be coming to Laurel Canyon Blvd. between Rinaldi St. and Crestknoll Dr. This will close an existing gap and link to existing facilities on Rinaldi St. On Polk St., 0.80 miles of bike lanes will be added between San Fernando Rd. and Glenoaks Blvd, connecting with the San Fernando Rd. bike path. Out in Porter Ranch, Sesnon Blvd. between Tampa Ave. and Beaufait Ave. will get 0.61 miles of bike lanes.
Westside
Bike lanes continue to be added to the Westside, as well, with the addition of 0.3 miles on National Pl/Westwood Blvd. from Overland Drive to National Blvd. Within the next few weeks, we will also be installing 1.2 miles of bike lanes along Sepulveda Blvd. between Venice Blvd. and National Blvd.
Harbor/South L.A.
Out in San Pedro, 0.81 miles of bike lanes will be coming to Weymouth Ave/13th St. between 9th St. and Alma St. Over in South Los Angeles, 2.10 miles of northbound bike lane will be installed on Vermont Ave. between I-105 and 88th St. The southbound portion of Vermont Ave. is controlled by Los Angeles County. Also in the neighborhood, 1.0 mile of Main St. will be getting bike lanes between 92nd St. and 108th St.
Central City
Bike lanes were also recently installed on 0.61 miles of Rampart Blvd. between 6th St. and Beverly Blvd. In Highland Park, two other projects will be going in the ground soon, as well. Via Marisol will be getting 1.20 miles of bike lanes between Monterey Rd. and Lomitas Dr.; and, York Blvd. between Ave 55 and Figueroa St. will get a “Road Buffet”, continuing existing bike lane facilities eastward.
Looking Forward
If you’ve been keeping track, that’s 15.79 miles of facilities going in the ground by this summer. As these projects continue to move forward through the design process, the LADOT Bike Blog will be there to let you know how things progress.
Wooot! Woooooot! I’m happy to see the new Rampart bike lanes! and to see the pace of bikeway implementation picking up.
Active Bikeway Projects pdf link is no good…
I’m actually headed to a Chatsworth Neighborhood Council Committee meeting about the tonight about bike lanes on Winnetka between Devonshire and Nordhoff. What exactly is the status of that one? I want to be prepared for tonight. Any information you can provide would be helpful.
Also, I’m glad to head the Devonshire hole is being filled in. Thank you so much.
Hey Jeshii,
I believe that the lanes are currently undergoing preliminary design. We have talked to the Council Office and they are supportive of the project. The WInnetka project will connect existing bike lanes on Winnetka to existing facilities on Devonshire. Thanks for going out tonight and supporting bikeway projects in Chatsworth.
Thanks. I’ll report back with what happens tonight.
Your PDF file link is broken:(
Hey folks,
Sorry about the broken link. It should be fixed now.
Is it me or are these bike lines a little short? Like the highway to nowhere!
If these projects are built out by the end of the fiscal year, where does this put LADOT in terms of total bike lane mileage for Year 1 of the Implementation Plan?
What would you say are the most crucial network gaps filled by these projects?
Chris, using the Bike Blogs own figures, I got a total of 17.88 miles listed as complete for year one on the updated 3/20 bike lane projects listed on the Bike Projects tab above. Plus, there are approximately 14.82 bike lane miles that will be completed before this summer, according to this article. So, that’s a total of no more than 32.32 miles of bike lanes anticipated to be complete in year one.
If you add in the 4.1 miles for the Orange Line bike path–that hopefully will be completed before July 1st–then that brings my total to 36.42 miles of bikeways that may be completed before the June 30th deadline for year one projects. That’s less than 4 miles short of the goal of 40 miles of bikeways to be completed in fiscal year one implementation of the bike plan.
I forgot to mention that summer starts June 20th, so that gives 11 more days to finish 40 miles of bike lanes and paths in this fiscal year that ends June 30th, as mentioned for the year one completed bikeways goal in the 2010 bicycle plan.
LADOT your work does not go unnoticed. On March 16, the L.A. Times printed a story about the new green bike lanes downtown and how the film industry was complaining about them. In today’s L.A. Times Letter section, their readers responded… all in favor of the bike lanes. Keep them coming!
BRAVO LADOT!
Keep em coming.
When will the online LADOT bike map (http://bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#lamaps) be updated to reflect new construction?
Hey Chris,
We’ll have that updated soon! Promise :)
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Who do we contact or how do we go about bike lanes being added in my neighborhood? How can I get bike lanes added around community colleges? The parking is terrible and a parking pass is not very cheap, riding my bike to school would be awesome. So who do I contact or where do I go? Thank you!
Hi Catherine,
Bicycles are a great option for commuting to local destinations like community colleges. We’re happy that you are considering biking to school and would like to help in any way that we can. We’d be glad to send you some bike maps to get you started – just email us at ladotbikeblog@gmail.com with your address and we’ll be sure to mail that out to you.
As for your bike lane requests, bike lane implementation goes through our city’s Bicycle Master Plan, which you can download here on the blog under “resources -> 2010 Bicycle Plan –> 2010 L.A. Bicycle Plan. If you would like to see projects considered, try to attend a Bicycle Plan Implementation Team (BPIT) meeting. They typically occur quarterly on the the 2nd Tuesday of the corresponding month. You can also talk to school administrators to stress the need for more bike infrastructure in the immediate area. Or, leave a comment here on the blog about specific streets. If its in the Bike Plan, it can be considered for bike lanes.
Hope that helps!