CicLAvia Press Conference with Mayor Villaraigosa
September 22, 2010 at 11:09 am | Posted in Bike News, Get Involved, LACBC Events | 3 CommentsTags: Bill Rosendahl, CicLAvia, Ed Reyes, eric garcetti, Jose Huizar, Mayor Villaraigosa, Tom LaBonge
Cyclists, pedestrians, fellow environmental and bicycle advocates and organizers of CicLAvia gathered today on the lawn of City Hall for a press conference with Mayor Villaraigosa inviting Angelenos to participate in LA’s first CicLAvia on October 10th, 2010. He was joined by Council President Eric Garcetti, Councilmembers Tom LaBonge, Bill Rosendahl, Ed Reyes, and Jose Huizar who highlighted how this event will encourage Angelenos to get out of their cars, ride bikes, walk, engage their communities, reclaim public space, enjoy the city they live in and most of all have fun.
CicLAvia will be a held from 10 am to 3 pm on 10-10-10. It is a free event and open to all. Please visit CicLAvia’s blog for 7-mile route, volunteer opportunities and other info.
LACBC is excited to be part of the efforts that brought CicLAvia to LA. This is the 1st CicLAvia in LA City and will bring increased awareness of the benefits of biking and walking to create more live-able communities. Please help spread the word to your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors. Wouldn’t it be great to see the 7-mile route packed with people!
Sharrows Finally On The Streets of LA!
June 11, 2010 at 3:04 pm | Posted in Bike News | 12 CommentsTags: eric garcetti, Fountain, LACBC, LADOT, Mayor Villaraigosa, sharrows
Sharrows are finally on the ground in Los Angeles, photo; facebook/lacbc
This morning we watched the installation of the City of Los Angeles’ first Sharrows, painted on Fountain Ave. in East Hollywood where City Council President and sharrows champion Eric Garcetti’s 13th district is located. For LACBC this marks a very important victory and we’re hoping today will be turning point for Los Angeles. Sharrows have been used in cities all across the U.S., in Canada and even in Australia. Los Angeles however had still not seen a single official shared lane marking. But today we can say that LA has sharrows and they are here to stay. We’ve got videos and photos from this morning’s painting that we will be posting later today.
We would like to thank Council President Eric Garcetti for his leadership and help pushing through the effort to see sharrows on Los Angeles’ streets. We would also like to thank Mayor Villaraigosa for his support and help in solidifying funding from SCAG, ensuring that this project could actually happen. Thank you to the the David Bohnett Foundation for funding LACBC’s portion of the tasks and to LADOT for finally getting paint on the ground.
There are 5 more locations where DOT will be painting sharrows in the coming weeks, so look forward to more sharrows news. LACBC will be finalizing the sharrows pilot project through the summer and early fall, and will continue to work to identify streets that can benefit from sharrows as they become a standard part of the toolbox used to make this city a better place to bike.
Sharrows Almost Here! Ball Is Now In DOT’s Court
June 10, 2010 at 12:56 pm | Posted in Bike News | 4 CommentsTags: eric garcetti, LADOT, sharrow
A Finished Sharrow in New York; photo, streetsblog.org
One of LACBC’s on going campaigns is to bring sharrows (shared-lane markings) to the streets Los Angeles. After almost 6 years of delays from LADOT, the project is finally happening, thanks to the leadership and support from Councilmember Eric Garcetti, and funding from Soutern California Association of Governments and the David Bohnett Foundation.
Last month LACBC conducted pre-sharrows surveys and counts and this month, LACBC has rallied volunteers as LADOT has been conducting data- collection test rides. We would like to thank all the volunteers that came out and spent valuable hours helping move this process forward. As of Thursday, all the pre-installation sharrows tasks are complete and LADOT should now begin to get some paint on the streets.
We expect to see Sharrows painted between the 2nd and 3rd weeks of June as outlined in the scope of work timeline.
New York City workers put sharrows on 5th Street, a common route for cyclists; photo, streetsblog.org
Although we are a few years behind, Los Angeles is finally starting to catch up to our neighboring cities. Sharrows are far from a new concept. In years past, cities such as San Francisco, Portland, and New York implemented sharrows on their own streets.
These markings provide more protection and visibility for cyclists on streets without bike lanes. Sharrows guide cyclists safely out of the “door zone” as well as positioning them far enough into the lane that they are noticed by drivers. They will serve as a clarification of bicyclists’ right of way in spots where there are commonly problems between cyclists and drivers. In areas where there is a gap between two bike lanes, sharrows can be used to connect the lanes.
In San Fransisco, sharrows were first implemented 2 years ago on Market, and today, those locations have gone on to become SF’s first street with a dedicated bike lane. As sharrows increase bicyclist comfort and respect received in the street, they’ve been seen to regularly serve as a stepping stone towards more comprehensive bicycle infrastructure.
San Francisco's Market Street Dedicated Bike Lane; photo, SFBike.org
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