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Comment on New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood by Today’s Headlines | Streetsblog Los Angeles

Today’s Headlines | Streetsblog Los Angeles — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:48:10 +0000

[...] .3 Miles of New Bike Lanes in East Hollywood (BIKAS) [...]

Comment on New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood by Rumors are swirling that scofflaw cops may mean the death of 1st Street’s buffered bike lanes « BikingInLA

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:25:24 +0000

[...] the mayor really wants to make a big move in transportation he could endorse the GRID Project. New bike lanes adorn Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood. Flying Pigeon’s monthly Brewery Ride rolls this Saturday. More extensions are [...]

Comment on New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood by Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:32:09 +0000

The bike plan approved the lanes continuing west for a long ways. We’ll need the future council member to make that happen!

Comment on New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood by Elson Trinidad

Elson Trinidad — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:12:41 +0000

I saw these! It would be even more awesome if they ran west of Virgil (tall order, I know…)!

Comment on New Bike Lanes on Santa Monica Blvd in East Hollywood by Christopher Kidd (@BikeBlogChris)

Christopher Kidd (@BikeBlogChris) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:33:19 +0000

Glad to see BIKAS back on the scene. I missed you guys.

Comment on San Francisco Bike Facilities: JFK Parking-Protected Bike Lane by Gregski

Gregski — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:23:46 +0000

Fortunately for you and your riding companions you approached the Conservatory Drive intersection (bottom 2 photos) on a day when right-turning westbound motorists’ view of you was not completely obscured by the tall tourist busses and paratransit vans that usually park in the designated parking spaces leading up to that intersection. Not only does the intersection design direct motorists to make a “right hook” turn across the bike lane (is this really what we want to train motorists to do?) but it makes it a blind turn by situating the tallest vehicles there. This bike lane is very unpopular with many of the most experienced cyclists in San Francisco.

Comment on San Francisco Bike Facilities: JFK Parking-Protected Bike Lane by Joe Walker

Joe Walker — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:12:22 +0000

There are not many curb cuts on this section of JFK Drive. So it was a fairly easy project for San Francisco MTA. However the price tag for the protected bike lanes was around $350-400K. Lots of money for paint. Nothing physical was built.

Many bicyclists who ride in the traffic lane preferred the previous design with 15-20 ft wide curb lanes. Plenty of open space to avoid cars. Now there is a 6 ft wide bike lane, buffer zone, floating parking lane, moving traffic lane. No margin for error.

Cyclists who don’t want to be squeezed into the bike lane with beginners use the moving traffic lane, which is more narrow than before. A car parks in the floating parking lane. When the driver opens the door, it fully swings out and blocks traffic. A cyclist has a greater chance of getting doored today with this new design than before.

Besides NYC and Portland where else are there floating parking lanes? Drivers aren’t used to park in the middle of the street. MTA doesn’t have signs instructing drivers how/where to park. To reach the curb, young and old passengers from the parked car walk across the bike at any point, slowing down bicyclists.

MTA made a costly bad experiment with these protected bike lanes on JFK Drive. Hopefully Dept. of Transportation of other cities can learn from MTA’s mistakes.

Comment on More Students Push for Cypress Park Bike Lanes by Grassroots Support Grows a Bike Network in Northeast LA « LA County Bicycle Coalition www.la-bike.org

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:51:39 +0000

[...] improvements came from students at Nightingale Middle School in Cypress Park. Students wrote letters to their local Council representative Ed Reyes, explaining why portions of Cypress Avenue and [...]

Comment on Sign Insult 2 – Don’t Assume I Drive or That Driving Is Safe by Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:35:04 +0000

I agree that cars are dangerous!!

Comment on Sign Insult 2 – Don’t Assume I Drive or That Driving Is Safe by JS

JS — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:22:07 +0000

Cars are dangerous, when driven carelessly. Polite reminders work better than shrillness. Hence, signs. Even if you don ‘t like them, the signs are up, and taking them down costs money that could be used for something better.