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What Should Downtown LA Do to Get Ready for Bike Share?

February 26 2015
Written by Joe Linton.

DOWNTOWN LA- Metro regional bike share is coming soon. If all goes as planned, a year from now, downtown Los Angeles will have system on the ground. It will include about 1,000 bikes at 65 docking stations. The system will extend from Union Station to USC. For more detail, see SBLA’s earlier preview.   

It’s not too early to ask Streetsblog LA readers — are Downtown Los Angeles streets ready to make bike share a big success? If not, what changes should LA’s Transportation Department (LADOT) prioritize in the coming months? 

Let’s start by celebrating. Downtown has come a long ways in the last half a decade. (Read the rest.)  

-cw

 

CityWatch

Vol 13 Issue 17

Pub: Feb 27, 2015

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