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Are Fading Beverly Hills Bike Facilities a Metaphor?

October 9, 2014January 22, 2019 Mark Elliot Aaron Kunz, Beverly Hills Transportation Division, Pilot program

In 2013 City of Beverly Hills chose two corridors for bike facilities under the city’s (very) limited ‘pilot project.’ Several

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Council Hears Santa Monica Boulevard Options [Recap]

September 11, 2013February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot Aaron Kunz, bicycle lane, John Mirisch, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Nancy Krasne, Pilot program, Psomas, Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction, Traffic and Parking Commission, Willie Brien

Beverly Hills City Council took a major step forward on Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction today when councilmembers agreed to create

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Approved Pilot program bike routes map
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First Bike Facilities Hit Beverly Hills: The Good, Bad & Ugly

June 30, 2013February 9, 2018 Mark Elliot ad-hoc Bike Plan Update Committee, John Mirisch, Lili Bosse, Nancy Krasne, Pilot program, safety, Traffic and Parking Commission

It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? Cyclists have been anticipating the city’s first-ever bicycle lanes for several years

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Calpirg: We’re Driving Less

June 27, 2013April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot CALPIRG, cycling trends, facilities, Millennials, Pilot program

The California Public Interest Research Group‘s recent A New Direction report finds that we’re driving less than we used to here

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Pilot Construction Begins

June 13, 2013 Mark Elliot Pilot program

Gotta hand it to our Transportation division: no gesture is too small to suggest its indifference. As the construction notice

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BHUSD Grapples with the Cost of Driving to School

March 25, 2013May 14, 2020 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Unified School District, Carter Paysinger, Pilot program, Safe Routes to School, safety

Beverly Hills Unified School Board recently heard about the cost of student parking at the high school. Not the price

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Approved Pilot program bike routes map
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Update from the Beverly Hills Transportation Division

March 15, 2013April 1, 2013 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills Transportation Division, bicycle racks, Pilot program, rack-on-request, Traffic and Parking Commission

Transportation staff presented a report to the Traffic & Parking Commission this week that outlined progress (or lack thereof) on

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Bike Routes AND the Pilot Come Before Council

November 5, 2012April 15, 2013 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills City Council, bicycle racks, Pilot program

Here’s a news item! City Council on November 13th is scheduled to hear two bike-related items. First in the afternoon

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Pilot feasibility study map for Crescent
Recap 

City Council Recommends Proceeding on Two Pilot Routes [Recap]

August 24, 2012January 23, 2019 Mark Elliot Barry Brucker, Beverly Hills City Council, David Eichman, John Mirisch, Julian Gold, Pilot program, Victor Omelczenk, West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition, West Hollywood Bicycle Task Force, Willie Brien

Beverly Hills City Council today recommended a limited set of improvements today for two candidate corridors under the city’s Bike

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Action Deferred but Opportunity Awaits in Beverly Hills

August 8, 2012 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills City Council, Crescent Drive, Pilot program

Beverly Hills City Council in study session today deferred action for the second time on the Bike Route Pilot program.

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Summer is a Time to Ride, a Time to Crash

July 5, 2012June 3, 2020 Mark Elliot collision, data, Pilot program, safety, SWITRS, Traffic and Parking Commission

Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day holidays are the traditional signposts of summer. Each respectively marks a change in

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Council-Interruptus at Today’s Study Session Meeting [Recap]

July 4, 2012June 21, 2021 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills bike plan, Beverly Hills City Council, Julian Gold, Lili Bosse, Pilot program, recap

On today’s Beverly Hills City Council study session (2:30 p.m.) agenda was item #5: Review Proposed Pilot Bicycle Routes. In

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Let’s Stop the Clock on Bike Routes in Beverly Hills [Editorial]

July 3, 2012 Mark Elliot Beverly Hills City Council, Pilot program

Stop the clock on bike routes? For two years we have urged City of Beverly Hills to move with dispatch

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Consensus Emerging to Stop the Clock on Beverly Hills Bike Routes?

July 2, 2012December 16, 2013 Mark Elliot Horace Mann, Pilot program

We’ve done our best to highlight the problematic process that produced the three recommended pilot bike routes before City Council.

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City Council Hears Pilot Route Program Tomorrow

July 2, 2012April 14, 2013 Mark Elliot Pilot program

Beverly Hills City Council will hear in its 2:30 p.m. study session the bike route pilot program that’s long been

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