Volunteers Needed for Next Step in Sharrows Pilot Project; Gathering Data on Bicyclist-Motorist Behavior

May 14, 2010 at 6:15 pm | Posted in Get Involved | Leave a comment

While tomorrow will be the last of our Pre-Sharrows Count and Survey work, the week of May 24th will mark the beginning of the next step in getting the Sharrows Pilot Project over the hurdles its faced.

A vision of the bikeable future--or atleast exactly where volunteers will find themselves on May 24th, photo: Flickr/richardmasoner

So we need volunteers to help ride the streets that are going to be sharrowed in June. While riders are passing through the streets on markers that will simulate where sharrows will go,  DOT will be tracking how motorists respond to bicyclists taking the lane. Volunteers will get a cycle computer if they don’t have one–bring your own if you do–to track the back and forth routes riders will be performing over the two hour time slots that DOT is requesting for the study.

We’re anticipating another morning session and an evening session, most likely 7:00 to 10:00 AM and  3:00 -6:00 PM, and in the same locations that our last counts were located at; Venice, Reseda, North University Park (USC), Holmby Hills, Koreatown and East Hollywood. Unfortunately DOT has yet to give us any exact dates beyond the week of May 24th, but we’ll be updating everyone as soon as they finally send them our way.

Email sharrows@la-bike.org with dates, times and locations you’re available and let your friends and family know. Another big shout out to all those volunteers getting ready to count tomorrow morning and our incredible crew who helped out last Tuesday.