Good Plans + Safe Roads = Better Biking
Review of meetings and events
Beverly Hills conducted a Complete Streets ‘walk audit’ last Saturday. The event was a hands-on opportunity for participants to evaluate our environment for accessibility and safety. And of course to make recommendations. “Everything is on the table” in terms of improvements, said Aaron Kunz from Transportation, and we had some ideas!
Read moreCity of Beverly Hills has hosted the second in a series of complete streets outreach events. At workshop #1 general concepts were presented and key concerns identified. This workshop was rubber-meets-road as participants hovered over city maps to drill down on opportunities for pedestrian and bicycle networks and ‘vehicle technology streets.’ Good ideas came from five roundtables.
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If you expected that Beverly Hills might install bicycle lanes on our segment of North Santa Monica Boulevard when reconstructing
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When City Council last considered bicycle lanes for Santa Monica Boulevard in March, the question of whether to expand the
Read moreBeverly Hills City Council Disses Road Safety, Slaps Riders in Santa Monica Boulevard Session A split Beverly Hills City Council
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By a vote of 9-2 last night, the Beverly Hills Santa Monica Boulevard Blue-Ribbon Committee will recommend to City Council
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With the last of three Santa Monica Boulevard Blue-Ribbon Committee meetings now behind us, we can recap our work to
Read moreThe public outreach process for the reconstruction of Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills continued with the second of three
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The Santa Monica Boulevard Blue Ribbon Committee was formed by Beverly Hills City Council to provide conceptual design recommendations regarding
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Members of the Santa Monica Boulevard ‘blue-ribbon’ committee this past Wednesday joined city staffers Aaron Kunz (Deputy Director of Transportation),
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Beverly Hills City Council took a major step forward on Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction today when councilmembers agreed to create
Read moreThe Sunshine Task Force, an ad hoc committee formed by Mayor Mirisch to advance good government reforms, met for the
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Pity the poor motorist. At the Westwood Recreation Center tonight, we learned that the eastbound Wilshire on-ramp to the northbound
Read moreThe Beverly Hills Human Relations Commission has been considering an expansion of its ‘Embrace Civility’ initiative to address uncivil conduct
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Better Bike appeared before the Recreation and Parks Commission this past Tuesday to highlight the need for safe streets for
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