LA’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes: Reseda Boulevard

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles installed its first ever parking-protected bike lanes. They’re on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge, part of the mayor’s Great Streets Initiative. 

As of this morning, the project is roughly one-quarter complete. The new protected lanes, also known as cycletracks, are mostly complete on the west side of Reseda Blvd from Plummer Street to Prairie Street. The full one-mile protected lanes will go from Plummer to Parthenia Street. 

The project is expected to be completed by mid-April. 

Standard bike lanes put cyclists between parked cars and moving cars. These protected lanes flip the parking and the bike lane, so cyclists are next to the curb, and parked cars and next to moving cars. 

Nearly every other pole along Reseda Boulevard features this sign explaining the new striping.

(Read the rest, more photos … here) 

-cw

 

 

CityWatch

Vol 13 Issue 29

Pub: Apr 7, 2015