Bike Week is over, but we’re still celebrating! After over a year of design and development, we have completely redesigned our Bikeways map for a new and vastly improved 2015 edition! Last week we picked up our maps from the print shop and will begin distribution to libraries, bike shops, co-ops, and Council District Offices.
A Brief History of the Los Angeles Bikeway Guide
Legend has it that before the LADOT Bike Program was established, over 25 years ago, LADOT engineers would mail hand-drawn maps of the City’s then sparse bikeway network to people that requested bikeway maps.
When Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery arrived at LADOT in 1994, she quickly realized the dearth of bicycle resources for the public. Bike maps were a constant request and Mowery advocated for the LADOT Bike Program to produce a guide to the City’s bikeway network with maps, tips, and community resources.
From oldest to newest: 15 years of our Los Angeles bikeways maps
Since 2000, the City of Los Angeles has provided sophisticated public bikeway maps by producing and distributing the Los Angeles Bikeway Guide, an educational resource that encourages people of all ages to ride bicycles safely and with confidence in Los Angeles. The City prints three versions of the Bikeway Guide–Central City/Westside, Valley, and Harbor–to make sure maps are available, in print, at a legible scale for the entire city’s bikeway network.
The NEW and Improved 2015 Bikeway Guide
2011 marks the last significant design or informational revision to the Los Angeles Bikeways Guide. If you have attended any of our outreach events in recent years, you probably have this outdated copy in your pannier or stuffed inside your kitchen drawer. Perhaps it rests as a historic relic on your wall.
Behold! After an entire year of design, collaboration, and a brief stint of working with our LADOT People St Program, our in-house graphic designer and urban planner, Karina Macias, has completed a brand new Los Angeles Bikeway Guide! The Guide includes useful information on bicycle safety, riding etiquette, bicycle-related laws, local organizations and resources, and of course an up-to-date map of the City’s current bikeway network to help you plan your trips.
Delivering final print proofs to City Publishing Printing Press Supervisor Ron Gallegos
With the help of City of Los Angeles Publishing Printing Press Supervisor Ron Gallegos, this third edition of the Bikeway Guide is brighter and more colorful than ever before. Along with a new look and feel, this 2015 update includes new content informed by our entire team’s experience and background, including pointers on bicycle maintenance, tips for bicycle commuting, and updated local information.
We hope you are as happy with this new edition as we are! Collect all three Bikeway Guides and combine them to create one giant citywide map!
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UPDATE: Oops! Our bad. Looks like our new protected bike lane on Reseda Blvd. is mistakenly shown on Winnetka Ave. in the printed map for the Valley region. What a great time to introduce #UpdateYourMapLA! Edit your map to show a correction or a new facility with a thick marker. Draw over the map in the color coded system shown on the map’s legend. LADOT will periodically post #UpdateYourMapLA alerts. If you miss the alerts or want to take matters (markers?) into your own hands, as always, for the most recent version of our map, check our website. Thanks for all the support #BikeLA.
Great! Now where do I get one?
Hi Warren,
Please see our reply to Kevin H. below.
This is great. How do I get a copy?
Hi Kevin,
We are distributing maps to local bike shops, libraries, and council district field offices throughout the city. Within the next month or two you will be able to find them there. Additionally, we will bring copies to all our out-reach and tabling events moving forward. Lastly you can request a copy be mailed to you using our form here: http://www.bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#request or you can check out our online map (which is always the best place to see our most recent bikeways mapped out) here http://www.bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#lamaps
Thanks!
Please provide a link to where one can download the map. Thanks!
We will post a link to our maps and let you know via blog post when they are available for download. In the meantime, you may be interested in checking out our navigable citywide map that features all our bikeways. Here’s the link
http://www.bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#lamaps
Hope this helps!
You need to send a memo to the LAPD and Sheriff’s dept. remindind them that bicycles are allowed in bus/bike lanes. I was told off for using the lane on Sunset by someone on a police motorcycle. He apparently preferred that I take the lane whilst riding at max. output up hill on Sunset. That was fun, esp. on your third world pavement simulation.
There were cones marking the lane at the time but no buses in sight. Is this a regular thing or are cones only used when there is a baseball game. Do the cones mean that bicycles are not alowed to use the bus/bike lane?
Hi James,
The cones are only put in place for Dodger games. People bicycling have full legal access to the bus lane whether or not the cones are present.
PDF or Online version? (or did I just miss the link)
Hi BC,
We will let you know when .pdf is available online. Until then please check out our online map with all our bikeways installed to date.http://www.bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#lamaps
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Are we supposed to be able to edit or update the web map at http://bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm ?? Is there a button I’m missing, or maybe you need to be logged into Google Maps to see it.
No, the bicyclela.org map is only for viewing. We update it regularly as new bikeways are installed so there isn’t even a need for the public to update it. However, if you notice an error in the map (a bike lane is marked as a bike route, for example), please do let us know via twitter, facebook, leaving a comment here or emailing us.