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Council Hears Santa Monica Boulevard Options [Recap]

September 11, 2013November 4, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments 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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News 

Council’s Agenda for Tuesday: SM Blvd Reconstruction

September 6, 2013May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills Transportation Division, public participation, Public Works Commission, Recreation and Parks Commission, Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction, Traffic and Parking Commission

Ride the Westside on Santa Monica Boulevard and you’ll know that something’s missing when you pass through Beverly Hills. Somehow the

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Approved Pilot program bike routes map
Featured 

First Bike Facilities Hit Beverly Hills: The Good, Bad & Ugly

June 30, 2013May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments 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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Featured 

Civility Coming to Beverly Hills Streets?

June 3, 2013May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Embrace Civility, Human Relations Commission, Traffic and Parking Commission

Ride a mile in Beverly Hills and you’ll know that civility on the blacktop is in short supply. Look beyond

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Uncategorized 

T&P Commission to Discuss Bike Plan Update

June 3, 2013May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Bicycle Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan update, Traffic and Parking Commission

Thirty-five years after Beverly Hills adopted a Bicycle Master Plan [pdf], and three years after an ad-hoc committee was formed

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Recap 

One Month Later, Nothing from BHPD or T&P Commission on Attempted Murder on 4/3

May 2, 2013May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 1 Comment Alan Grushcow, data, hit-and-run collision, Jeff Levine, Julie Steinberg, Lester Friedman, safety, Traffic and Parking Commission

Remember the attempted murder & hit-and-run on a cyclist in Beverly Hills back on April 3rd? You’d think a crime

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Longer Wait for Bicycle Racks in Beverly Hills

April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments bicycle friendly business districts, bicycle parking, bicycle racks, Traffic and Parking Commission

As if to prove the skeptics right, bicycle racks won’t be hitting Beverly Hills sidewalks soon. According to the T&P

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Featured 

Sunshine Week 2013 Wrap-Up

March 20, 2013May 19, 2023 Mark Elliot 0 Comments citation, enforcement, Sunshine Week, Traffic and Parking Commission, transparency

Wrapping up Sunshine Week, we are already looking ahead to 2014 with the hope that our municipalities will take a

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

March 15, 2013May 26, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments 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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chart of BH traffic data for 2012
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Beverly HIlls 2012 Log: Collisions Hold Steady, Enforcement Declines

March 9, 2013March 11, 2013 Mark Elliot 0 Comments BHPD, collision, safety, Traffic and Parking Commission

Beverly Hills Traffic & Parking Commission received their usual monthly update from the Police department last week. According to last

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Beverly Hills Website early 2012
Soapbox 

Beverly Hills: Falling Down on Execution [editorial]

September 14, 2012May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills Transportation Division, City of Pasadena, Information Technology, Traffic and Parking Commission

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” That tireless slogan is often uttered by policy pushers when

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Recap 

Traffic & Parking Recommends a Few Bike Racks [Recap]

September 7, 2012May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 2 Comments Alan Grushcow, bicycle parking, bicycle racks, Lester Friedman, Martha Eros, recap, Traffic and Parking Commission

The Beverly Hills Traffic & Parking Commission met this week to further consider a long-continued bicycle rack agenda item. In

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Santa Monica Boulevard pavement irregularities
News 

Breaking News: Worst of SM Blvd. Gets a Touch-up

August 11, 2012May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments collision, Public Works, safety, Santa Monica Boulevard, Traffic and Parking Commission

Though Beverly Hills Dept. of Public Works has been adamant over the past year about NOT fixing Santa Monica Boulevard

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Traffic & Parking bike collision report from BHPD
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Taking a Closer Look at Beverly Hills Bike Collisions

August 5, 2012May 27, 2025 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills Public Works, Beverly Hills Transportation Division, Bicycle Master Plan, Traffic and Parking Commission

Bike Blogger Ted Rogers has made it his personal mission to document bicycle-involved fatalities in Southern California. His Biking In

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Golden Triangle rack with decal
Recap 

Bicycle Racks at Traffic & Parking [Recap]

August 3, 2012 Mark Elliot 2 Comments Aaron Kunz, Alan Grushcow, Beverly Hills Transportation Division, bicycle parking, Jeff Levine, Julie Steinberg, Lester Friedman, Martha Eros, Traffic and Parking Commission

If you’ve been waiting for Beverly Hills to install bike racks, we’ve got good news and bad. The good news

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