I'd like to welcome to Glendale Colin Bogart, who is the City's new in-house liason from the
L.A. County Bicycle Coalition who will be working to make our streets in Glendale safer and more inviting for cyclists. Read about it in the
News-Press here.
The initial scope of the projects being considered at the moment is quite modest, but
ultimately the city needs to update the 1995 Bikeway Master Plan and actually IMPLEMENT IT.The 1995 Bikeway Master Plan was put online in PDF form recently, and I've read it in its entirety. It's a good plan! But the only bit of it that was ever implemented is the
baffling three block stretch of bike lane on Riverdale, and, very recently,
the new bike lane on Glenoaks. There is currently no meaningful network of bicycle infrastructure that links up in a logical fashion or even attempts to feed the downtown area.
As I was about to bike home tonight (dark, cold, rainy), I walked my bike down the sidewalk to the curb and waited for a gap in traffic.
A Lexus stopped for me.
I waved for the lady not to wait for me.
She waved to let me enter the road.
I DOUBLE waved for her to continue through.
She rolled down her window and yelled,
"I promise I won't run you over!"An offer I couldn't refuse! I biked onto the road.
