Olympic Boulevard – Better Bike

Another Bike Count Behind Us

November 7, 2015January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot Alvarado, bicycle count, bike count, LACBC, Olympic Boulevard, planning, Wilshire Boulevard

Every two years the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition conducts a count of pedestrians & bicyclists. All across the county,

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Crossing the 405 Fwy Puts Your Life on the Line

June 1, 2012April 14, 2013 Mark Elliot 405 freeway expansion, Caltrans, Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard

We call it walking the plank: merely crossing under the 405 Fwy at Wilshire, Ohio, Santa Monica, Olympic, and Pico

Saint Christopher patron saint of travel

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Intersection Safety Not on the City’s Agenda?

April 24, 2012February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Transportation Division, Olympic Boulevard, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard, South Beverly Drive, Wilshire Boulevard

Of all the places where cyclists and motorists come into conflict, surely intersections are among the most dangerous places where

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Beverly Hills Doubles Down on Dangerous Streets

March 18, 2012April 8, 2013 Mark Elliot Aaron Kunz, Beverly Hills Transportation Division, Bicycle Master Plan, intersections, Olympic Boulevard, safety, South Beverly Drive

Recently Better Bike received a notice [pdf] from Transportation that South Beverly Drive was to be resurfaced. That caught our

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Traffic & Parking Commission’s Priorities 2012/13

February 2, 2012July 12, 2012 Mark Elliot intersections, Olympic Boulevard, South Beverly Drive, Traffic and Parking Commission

On the Traffic & Parking Commission’s priorities list for 2012/13 [staff report]: reconstruction of the Olympic-Beverly-Beverwil intersection. This junction poorly serves

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Beware Hazardous Intersections!

November 2, 2011July 12, 2012 Mark Elliot collision, intersections, Olympic Boulevard, safety, South Beverly Drive

If you bike through Beverly Hills, you’ve noticed that we offer nothing to the cyclist: few racks, no lanes or