Comments on: New Bike Lanes Spotted Around LA

By: The 10 has a bike lane? | Los Angeles Metblogs

The 10 has a bike lane? | Los Angeles Metblogs — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:44:15 +0000

[...] The other day Paul Bringetto got fed up with cars almost hitting him again and again while riding in the dangerous yet citie designated “bike lanes” and decided to look for other options. What he found was a much safer bike lane already exists on the 10. Looks like some vandals must have stolen or painted over the signage though – the city should get on fixing that quick. Maybe it’s a job for the department of DIY. [...]

By: waltarrrrr

waltarrrrr — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:05:06 +0000

I can’t believe LA DPW, or whatever city contractor covered that out in just a couple of days. Someone took a pink paint roller to the asphalt on Avenue 57 & the Gold Line here in Highland Park about a year ago, nothing useful, just tagging, and its still there today. WTF?

By: Streetsblog » DIY Lanes on Fletcher Bridge Already a Memory

Streetsblog » DIY Lanes on Fletcher Bridge Already a Memory — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:41:33 +0000

[...] Damien Newton Apparently, It’s a Lot Easier to Remove Bike Lanes Than to Add ThemLast week, MetBlogs reported that some enterprising souls took it upon themselves to improve the city’s bike network by [...]

By: thinkmo

thinkmo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:54:16 +0000

Buffed!!! as of today. that was fast!

By: Bookmarks for July 24th | Quality Peoples

Bookmarks for July 24th | Quality Peoples — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:54:22 +0000

[...] New Bike Lanes Spotted Around LA | Los Angeles Metblogsnow this is something I can get behind! [...]

By: katiepoche

katiepoche — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:42:20 +0000

@luckypierre, I agree — it was probably very hard. Kudos to them for Making It Happen. But I most agree with your last sentiment: I think we can take a freaking awesome idea and make it freaking awesomer. And isn’t that the goal? To awe, and to up the awesome ante when possible. YAY, I say.

By: luckypierre

luckypierre — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:45:41 +0000

Oh, the lame paint job is CHARMING. Besides, you go and try to do better while traffic is probably swarming around you between a pair of major freeway on-ramps!

In fact, we all should go out and DEFINITELY try to do better wherever we can!

By: katiepoche

katiepoche — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:09:42 +0000

I so very wholeheartedly agree with the spirit behind this. When the law doesn’t protect you, then it’s time to protect yourself. 12 years is long enough to wait.

That said, that is one crappy paint job. Drawing attention to itself with sloppy craft will only get it painted over more quickly. Maybe a more stable stencil would help — thin plexiglass cut with an x-acto or something. Then it could be used again and again for other areas of need identified by the Department.

By: web777

web777 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:29:09 +0000

This is great! I was always scared going that direction on Fletcher because of the freeway entrance. I think this will be great on Hyperion Bridge (hint, hint)

By: joelinton

joelinton — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:56:57 +0000

It’s about time. Fletcher was approved for bike lanes in the 1996 Bicycle Master Plan – see http://www.ci.la.ca.us/PLN/Cwd/GnlPln/TransElt/BikePlan/B1intro.htm . Despite this approval, DOT says that it’s too narrow because where there’s 5 lanes at the left turn lane on to Ripple it’s tight. The city was touting a plan to add a pedestrian bridge immediately upstream, so they could widen the roadway… sort of the bazooka to swat a fly approach, in my opinion. Councilmember Garcetti has been verbally supportive, but hasn’t made it happen… perhaps bicyclists should let him know it’s time to make these improvised lanes real.