A quick update on the touch up work that will be coming soon to Spring Street. Last Monday, we celebrated the opening of Downtown L.A.’s first green bikeway. The green colorization is intended to increase bicyclist comfort and motorist yielding behavior. Unfortunately, inclement weather did not allow for the paint to fully set, leading to some blotching that many of you have no-doubt seen.
The tentative date for the touch up work will be this Sunday, December 4th. Temporary “No Stopping” signs will go up sometime this week for the impending roadwork. Expect to see DOT work crews and cones placed along segments of the bike lane that require touching up. Please be mindful of the cones and do not ride or drive along the wet pavement to avoid unnecessary tire marks and to allow the paint to completely set.
[…] lane project will get a second chance. According to Christopher Rider, the media contact for the LADOT Bike Program, the lane will be repainted this Sunday and extra precautions will be taken to hopefully ensure […]
Idea: Don’t assume that drivers will follow the rules…they won’t. Instead of cones, put up jersey barriers so cars literally CAN’T drive over the lane while its drying. If cars need to make a right into a driveway, garage, or parking lot, they will have to get into the parking lane at the BEGINNING of the block, rather than crossing over midblock.
[…] a ride down Downtown’s new green bike lanes on Spring Street. Those quickly faded green lanes will soon be repainted; the damage occurred because the paint didn’t have time to set before the recent rains. […]
Let it fade, let it fade, let it fade. Perhaps the one above has a better plan…
[…] weather at the time of installation made retouching necessary almost immediately and many of these same segments have had additional paint adhesion […]