‘There are plenty of other avenues to bog down. Bike lanes should be restricted to less busy streets,’ said a critic.
A bike rider chooses the sidewalk over Topanga Blvd near Saticoy on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Officials with the California Department of Transportation are considering adding bike lanes to the nine-mile stretch of heavily used Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Mulholland Drive and the 118 Freeway.
John Walker, president of the Woodland Hills Homeowner Organization, said residents who live in the area “If they are taking away lanes, that is going to increase traffic , and that will discourage people from coming to the businesses in that area,” he said, and will “make it harder for consumers to park at those businesses.”
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that in regions with newly installed bike lanes, cycling grew by 48% compared to cities where similar infrastructure wasn’t installed. Michael Schneider, the founder of Streets For All and author of Measure HLA, said Topanga Canyon is 85 feet wide, and even though it’s a state highway, “it acts as any other major arterial street. … There’s really no great bike infrastructure in the area.”
Some who gave feedback praised the idea while saying that even with special bike lanes along Topanga Canyon Boulevard, it would still be challenging to cycle along a busy Valley boulevard, a highway where drivers don’t keep an eye on bike riders.
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