I think there was a lot of progress with low hanging fruit then there was a big push for vision zero and complete streets. In CA you have to set speed limits based on avg speed. So to cut speed and make streets safer they have to calm or narrow streets. They often did this by removing a lane of
Mixed traffic and adding bike lanes. What followed was called the bikelash with major political backlash and threats of recall elections. They mayor threw a couple of councilors under the bus by not backing them when their constituents were raising hell about this. Most other councilors have backed off and a lot of the infrastructure has been removed to reinstate auto lanes.
What remains is what we call island infrastructure where you’ll get a few glorious blocks of bike lane that will then suddenly disappear and dump you into a road with 60kph traffic.
Loconte
I was impressed with Ciclavia but after spending the last next week with my friend in West LA (traveling soley by car) I saw how the city is designed completely around cars. The legislative battles in the article are particularly discouraging.
What do others think about how LA is doing as a bike city?
Gabriel (from Bike Farm in Portland, OR)