Bike Lanes on Foothill and Bike Racks Downtown
Foothill Blvd. looking west. Photo: P.Rabinov
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has recently striped bike lanes on the County stretch of Foothill Blvd. This is just the first section of Foothill to be striped for bike lanes. The City of Glendale is planning to stripe bike lanes on the Glendale section of Foothill (Pennsylvania to Lowell) sometime this summer as part of a resurfacing project. Pending the completion and approval of their updated Bike Plan, we’re hoping the City of Los Angeles will follow Glendale and the County by striping their section of Foothill leading into Tujunga. It would also be nice to see La Canada Flintridge stripe their section of Foothill with bike lanes, but it’s not clear at this time if that will happen.
New bike rack outside east entrance of main post office. Photo: C.Bogart
The City of Glendale has installed 27 more bike racks in the downtown Glendale area. Locations with new racks include additional spots on Brand Blvd., locations on Central and Wilson, as well as two racks outside the main Post Office on Broadway. Bike racks are an important part of encouraging and enabling people to travel by bicycle. By providing visible and easily accessible places for cyclists to lock a bike, the option of riding instead of driving becomes more viable. We look forward to seeing even more racks in the future.
If you support these new bike racks and bike lanes, and would like to see more, please send a message to the Glendale City Council and the Glendale News-Press.
Bicyclist and Pedestrian Survey Online
As part of the PLACE Grant: Safe & Healthy Streets project to make Glendale better and safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition and the City of Glendale are asking for responses to an online survey. We’re especially interested in responses from people who live, work, or go to school in Glendale, but these are not requirements for completing the survey. Information gathered from this survey will be used to complement information gathered from Glendale community meetings held in the fall of 2009.
Please complete the survey by going to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlendaleBikePedSurvey
Reminder: RiverWalk Project Community Meeting
Meeting flyer
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Pacific Community Center
501 S. Pacific Ave.
Glendale, CA 91204
Phone: (818) 548-4098
This meeting is designed to seek community input on all three phases of the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk project including Phase I, which will include a small entry park, a multi-user trail for pedestrians and cyclists, a separate staging area for equestrians using local trails, another small park for walking and picnicking, and educational and interpretive exhibits; Phase II, which is currently being built as part of the Fairmont Avenue Flyover project; and Phase III, which plans to one day include a multi-user bridge across the Verdugo Wash from the Riverwalk to North Atwater, and multi-user bridge across the Los Angeles River from the Riverwalk to the Los Angeles Bike Path with connections to Griffith Park.
Residents of Glendale, North Atwater, and surrounding communities are invited to attend.
Pasadena Bicycle Master Plan Update
The City of Pasadena Transportation Department and ad hoc Bicycle Master Plan Advisory Committee will be holding a public workshop to discuss the draft Bicycle Master Plan Update. The Bicycle Master Plan Update is available on the City’s website for download and review. Hard copies are also available for review at the Pasadena Central Library and branch libraries.
The workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chambers. The intention of the workshop is to solicit public comments on the draft plan
For more information, please go to http://www.cityofpasadena.net/bikeplan or call Rich Dilluvio at (626)744-7254.
Metro Bicycle Roundtable
Metro is convening a series of Bicycle Roundtable meetings in 2010, and they welcome your participation! Doug Failing, Metro’s Executive Director of Highway Programs and Interim Chief Planning Officer, was active in the Caltrans Bicycle Advisory Committee. He will kick-off the first Metro Bicycle Roundtable meeting.
The purpose of the first meeting is to initiate a dialogue and identify issues of importance to cyclists in Los Angeles County. This will lead to a vision for enhancing Metro’s current program. The outcome of the first meeting will determine the frequency, next steps, and agendas of future meetings.
The first Metro Bicycle Roundtable meeting is scheduled for:
Friday, February 19, 2010
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Metro
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Windsor Conference Room, 15th Floor
Light refreshments will be served.
Sign-in and receive a visitor badge at the 3rd Floor security desk.
Please be on time. This meeting will start promptly at 2:00 pm.
Please RSVP by Friday, February 12, 2010 to Jennifer Gill at (213) 922-4224 or gillj@metro.net