Protected bike lanes

Eyes on the Street: Reseda Boulevard Complete Streets Project Completed

From LA.Streetsblog.org

By Joe Linton

L.A. City recently completed three miles of complete streets upgrades along the San Fernando Valley’s Reseda Boulevard. While the street and its surrounding neighborhood remain somewhat suburban, the recent upgrades are benefitting the pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders who travel on Reseda every day.

The Reseda Boulevard upgrades are primarily the brainchild of L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, though he collaborated with Councilmember John Lee, whose district includes a short portion at the north end of the project. Credit also goes to the city departments that designed and installed the improvements: the Department of Transportation (LADOT), Department of Sanitation, and Public Works Department’s Bureaus of Street Services, Engineering, and Street Lighting.

Reseda Boulevard construction kicked off in late 2020. Streetsblog shared in-progress photos in July 2022. When the project wrapped up last March, the city partnered with CicLAvia to host a Ready for Reseda grand opening. Streetsblog didn’t make it out to that event, but visited Reseda Boulevard last week.

Reseda Boulevard now has the longest continuous protected bike lane facility in Southern California: 3.9 miles long from Plummer Street to Victory Boulevard.

Photo by Dário Gomes on Unsplash

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Protected Bike Lanes Increase Safety, Save Money And Protect The Planet, New Report Finds

From Forbes.com

By Tanya Mohn

“Bicycle lanes reduce GHG emissions as effectively as highways create them.”

Investing in networks of protected bicycle lanes has significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower transport costs, prevent road fatalities, and improve the quality of life for people in cities around the globe.

Those are the highlights of a new study released last month that focuses on the benefits of cycling as a safe, affordable, accessible, low-carbon mode of transportation.

“Urban cycling is an often overlooked element of urban transport planning, but this report shows it can unlock climate, environmental, and health benefits,” Sheila Watson, deputy director of the FIA Foundation, said in a statement.

Protected Bicycle Lanes Protect the Climate ” was developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s global Cycling Cities campaign and supported by the FIA Foundation.

“It is extraordinary to see that dollar-for-dollar, protected cycle lanes are not just carbon neutral but fully mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions created when the same amount of spending goes on highways,” Watson added. “The case for investment in cycling is not just good financial sense, it is essential for healthier, safer and more equitable cities.”

Photo by Jorik Kleen on Unsplash

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Sunset 4 All

Let’s make Sunset Boulevard a safer place to shop, dine, and travel. A protected bike lane could safely, efficiently connect ~100,000 Angelenos with billions of dollars in new rail investment.

Protected bike lanes reduce the number of bikes & scooters on the sidewalk by up to 90%

Project Borders:

Sunset Boulevard between Fountain Ave & Dodger Stadium.

Santa Monica Blvd. from Sunset Junction to the Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station.

Image courtesy of sunset4all.com

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