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Bye Bye to Beverly Hills Bike Share

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Beverly Hills Bike Share is a thing no more now that city council has decided not to renew the contract. The last day of operation is July 31st. Thereafter vendor Cyclehop will remove the bikes and docking stations. This comes as no surprise given some concern about the magnitude of the system’s subsidy and the relatively few users. Indeed six years after council cut the ribbon, our shared-mobility experiment was attracting fewer riders than ever. Time to pull the plug.

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Roxbury Drive protected bike lane demonstration project
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Protected Bike Lane Demonstration Project at Roxbury Park is a Success

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Beverly Hills Mayor Bob Wunderlich welcomed about 30 riders, ten city staffers, and two councilmembers to preview what is likely to be the future protected southbound bicycle lane on Roxbury Drive south of Olympic. Just a bit of paint and a few planters delineated a separate lane adjacent to the curb buffered from passing traffic by parking but it was enough to suggest what should be the next step toward a citywide bike network tomorrow — if city council agrees.

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Roxbury Park Protected Bike Lane Demonstration on July 22nd

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City of Beverly Hills will host a demonstration to show off what we hope will be a protected bicycle lane on Roxbury Drive south of Olympic adjacent to Roxbury Park. Drop by Sunday July 25th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m to chat with city transportation officials and at 10:30 a.m. sharp join fellow riders in a bike ride with our Mayor Bob Wunderlich.

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One Beverly Hills
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One Beverly Hills Goes to City Council [updated]

Mark Elliot

Exactly a month after the city council of Beverly Hills adopted the complete streets plan, our leaders are now facing the first next test: will bicyclists find safe access to and through the proposed One Beverly Hills project? The project comprises 600 hotel rooms and 340 housing units (not a single one of them affordable!) in three towers plus a conference center and retail — 2 million square feet in total. This Thursday May 20th city council reviews the project. Will city council require bicycle lanes as a condition of approval?

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Beverly Hills Adopts Complete Streets Plan

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City of Beverly Hills has finally adopted a complete streets plan. City council finally gave the nod on Tuesday, April 20th after having bottled-up a very good draft plan for eighteen months. We can now move forward on some of the first-year projects identified in the associated Action Plan: bikeway corridors, model bikeway design guidelines and the hiring of a mobility coordinator. Could safer streets for bicyclists be just around the literal corner?

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Beverly Hills Puts the Brake on Shared-Mobility Devices

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Beverly Hills City Council adopted a total ban on shared-mobility devices, an action that came in an evening ‘special’ meeting to impose this ad-hoc regulation targeted at device companies Bird and Lime. The ordinance would also ban all ‘dockless’ devices including motorized bicycles. Penalties include impound and fines. Enforcement will target users as well.

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Collision Injuries in Beverly Hills Sill Reach for Record Highs in 2017

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In the eleven years that BHPD has been providing monthly traffic data, nearly 5,000 people have been injured in crashes. Beverly Hills ranks among the most dangerous small California cities for crash injuries – a distinction that reflects our poorly-designed roadways and declining enforcement.

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