Traffic Jam: Cycle of frustration off Vista Del Mar
A bike lane in Playa del Rey sits empty earlier this summer. Although lane closures on Vista Del Mar have been lifted, issues with road diets on Culver and Jefferson boulevards and Pershing Drive remain. Photos The lane closures on Vista Del Mar have inspired South Bay residents to take a broader look at regional mobility policy. They don’t always like what they see. Part three of four Somewhere in the City Hall archives, the Manhattan Beach bike master plan sits neglected. The city approved the document around the year 2000, but it resulted in few if any changes to the ways people pedal through the town. The plan is collecting dust today because something better came along: the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan. The South Bay plan stemmed from the recognition that most cities in the region were too small to have their own schemes for bike-based transportation. Greater connectivity, city planners realized, could be achieved if cities created paths and lanes that ran from city to city. The plan, according to project consultants Alta Planning & Design, is the first-ever “multijurisdictional bike master plan” in the United States. In 2011, it was adopted by the three Beach Cities as well…
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