Tidbit: Bike Lanes

I counted 21 bikes yesterday while I walked to 7-eleven on this stretch of 14th street.  That’s 21 bikes in mayyyyybe 5 minutes :0)

And it was uncomfortably warm out.  Whoohoo for bike lanes!

Speaking of bike lanes:  Ian Sacs addresses some concerns.

Blogger Links: Ian Sacs

Whenever I’m browsing the Planetizen Newswire (to which you should subscribe if you have an interest in planning, transportation, land use, real estate, community development, etc.), I find myself drawn, without noticing the finer-print author line below the headlines, to articles/posts by Ian Sacs.  It probably doesn’t hurt that he’s a self-described “transportation (not traffic) engineer,” and he also writes on topics that I find interesting:

• Last week he posted a balanced consideration of bike lanes as not just physical transportation infrastructure, but also as a tool for raising awareness to promote safety.
• I also loved his post advocating the decoupling of sailing from snobbery and promoting marinas as a way to activate waterfront areas.  Yay, sailing!  I’m hoping to get some time in at the Marina Aquatic Center (MAC), which seems to be, unlike Ian’s marina and in stereotypical L.A. fashion, surrounded by freeways and arterials, more or less single-use (fancy condos and marina) and not terribly convenient by transit.  Who knows, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised; at a minimum it promises to be non-snobbish.

• Unfortunately, good things don’t always come in threes.  I can’t quite bring myself to agree with the extent of his proposed solution to the “Mad Tea Party At Our Airports.”