The City of Torrance is hiring a Public Works Director.
The city needs a forward-thinking leader in this role to move the city from car-oriented to multi-modal.
Please share! Let us know if you apply! www.governmentjobs.com/careers/torr... #publicworks #engineer #transportation
I also can’t believe we have that ~5 acre dirt lot south of the station. Since that’s zoned industrial does SB79 not apply there? Every time I ride past there I can’t believe how much wasted potential is there.
Actually just found it elsewhere here: www.metro.net/documents/20...
hmm hope you downloaded it since it looks to be deleted now (at least from my end)...
This is what immediately came to my mind and I’m glad you have a picture!
Here’s the statement from Kyle (bike bus organizer) before Torrance City Council voted to enact these laws.
drive.google.com/file/d/18PvW...
Two bikes next to cart corral
Before loading up the panniers. Grocery store has no bike rack except 200ft away across the parking lot on the street. I usually see at least one other bike locked to the cart corral. Cart is not mine.
I imagine something like this but don’t know if they’ve drawn it up yet. Would have preferred just Alt 4 as they had it.
147th St from Hawthorne Blvd to Prairie Ave
See item L15 - they picked Alt 4 but wanted to have the center turn lane too
Where can I find the slide deck in the quoted thread? Looks interesting
The most basic infrastructure improvements for active transportation require years of civic engagement and pleading for funding, while our leaders rubber stamp car infrastructure to the tune of billions whether drivers want it or not
Oh I see, thanks. Was thinking the clock started with the motion back in October.
Is the “Transit First Policy” report they asked for available somewhere?
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and definitely not with bike infrastructure
Some pictures of what should be the new multi-use path along Aviation Blvd next to the LAX / Metro Transit Center (between Arbor Vitae and Century Blvd)
Biking directions from K line Fairview Heights station to the Rail-to-Rail multi-use path
View of the Slauson Ave A line station from the end of the Rail-to-Rail path. You can cross here but they call the regular sidewalk on the other side a shared-use path
I rode the new @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Rail-to-Rail path in south LA between Fairview Heights K line station and Slauson A line station. It was a great path but I have to call it more of a “nearly rail-to-rail” path since it doesn’t quite take you to the stations on either end.
Thanks, though those real-life pics are of the path on Arbor Vitae. I see the renders for the path along Aviation so I’m looking forward to seeing how that turns out and connects down to the station and Century Blvd.
True - the ticket price usually makes that choice for me 😆
Do you have any pics of the multi-use path along Aviation Blvd next to the station?
LAX metro station as viewed from a landing plane at night
Here’s my view from back in December
“No Parking” signs blocking the bike lane
A car parked in front of a “No Parking” sign in the bike lane
Tired of people parking in the bike lane? Consider signs that block the bike lane!
Do we know if this new version of the Inglewood Transit Connector (which is now proposed as event-based bus lanes and mobility hubs) is part of this? This (pg. 16-18) only talks about the Olympics
Manhattan Beach, CA actually declared a parking emergency last year and fast-tracked adding more street parking (at the expense of removing some bike lanes) www.thembnews.com/2024/09/05/5...
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
Bike parked out front City Hall
On my way to do my bidding for the all-powerful bike lobby
Whether they want to group that into “LTN” or not I don’t really care, but it needs to be at least equally prioritized.
Sharrow network is nice for them since it keeps bikes out of the way of motorists who have places to be unlike bikers (/s). And doesn’t have to broach trading car space for bikes.
Yeah by design for the sharrow network they chose to avoid arterials/collectors which by itself makes sense.
But we need to convince that the sharrow network alone isn’t enough for mode shift, and we need protected lanes on arterials/collectors per the SB bike master plan.
I see the bike lane map calls the blue line “Protected or Colored/Buffered Bike Lane” so it’s unclear to me how much of that would actually be Class IV. I submitted a comment to CalTrans to ask.
Wow awesome, thanks!
