Bicycle sharrows, routes to be added citywide in Manhattan Beach
The City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved the installation of signage and street markings throughout the city intended to make Manhattan Beach more bike-friendly. Bike route signs and shared lane markings, known as sharrows, will be added on several streets, including Marine, Pacific, Meadows, Redondo, and Ardmore avenues and Valley Drive. The additions were identified as “low hanging fruit” in fulfilling Manhattan Beach’s part of the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan, a regional plan intended to connect the cities of Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Gardena, Hawthorne, and Torrance via a comprehensive bicycle network. In 2011, the council approved the city’s portion of the Master Plan, which identified 31 miles of new bike routes, bike-friendly streets, bike lanes, and bike paths. But thus far only six miles of bicycle improvements have been added in Manhattan Beach. What council approved Tuesday will not add any lanes or paths, only signage intended to remind car drivers that the roads are also intended for cyclists. The cost of the improvements will be $65,000. Mayor pro tem Amy Howorth, who will become mayor at the next council meeting, said one…
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