Improvement sought for bike path
Dick and Lois Pio aboard their favored brand of locomotion. Photo Octogenarians Dick and Lois Pio have pedaled some 15,000 miles on their 30-speed tandem bicycle, but the stretch they never look forward to measures only about 500 feet, and it lies near their north Hermosa home. Tandem bikes are a great way to share the enjoyment of a tour, like these from UK brand Ecosmo. And they’re not the only ones pedaling that stretch; it’s where the city’s seaside bike path jogs from the Strand at 24th to continue northward along Hermosa Avenue, before connecting with the bike path going into Manhattan Beach. Along the first 500-foot stretch, northbound cyclists must ride next to oncoming southbound cars, with no barrier in between. The bike path is two-way on the stretch, so the northbound cyclists are sandwiched between the southbound cars on their right and southbound bikes on their left. As it is, northbound cyclists must either brave the 500-foot stretch or remain on the Strand until they reach its north Hermosa terminus, where they must carry their bikes up 12 concrete steps from the Strand to the bike path entering Manhattan. Dick Pio says both problems could be fixed by building a…
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