Over the weekend the LAPD started a new policy of not letting bicyclists ride the wrong way down Speedway from Washington towards Marina Del Rey. A motorcycle officer sat for two days redirecting cyclists towards Pacific Ave. I understand that Speedway is a one way alley, but pushing the cyclists towards the narrow and congested Pacific is a seriously flawed plan. I don’t know if it is feasible to paint a bike lane onto Speedway, but that many bicycles added onto a small street with fast moving cars on it like Pacific is not a good plan.
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1 Is this actually “safer” ? | Los Angeles Metblogs // Jul 28, 2009 at 8:43 pm
[...] on Yo! Venice they are talking about the recent enforcement of the one-way-ness of Speedway, especially in regards to cyclists. In case you don’t know Speedway is the very last road [...]