Beach Cities driving with caution on ‘Living Streets’
Past proposals for a bike lane on a section of Aviation Boulevard, shown above, have been set aside as cities tinker with Living Streets policies. Photo Hermosa Beach will not be removing a lane of traffic on Aviation Boulevard to make way for a bike lane any time soon. That was one of the few firm conclusions to emerge from a meeting of the city councils of the three Beach Cities and the Beach Cities Health District last week, as the bodies considered Living Streets policies, intended to make roads attractive and useful for bicyclists and pedestrians as well as cars. Despite some skepticism and concern over potential backlash over how the policies would be perceived, the councils agreed to continue working and relying on the framework they had built up over the last few years, but did not approve any specific projects or improvements. Los Angeles County created its Living Streets Manual in 2011, and municipalities in the region, including the three Beach Cities, have since developed chapters covering their own territory. In parallel, the Beach Cities and the health district sought grants in 2012 from the Southern California Association of Governments to consider applying Living…
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