{"id":23164,"date":"2013-04-06T01:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T01:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=23164"},"modified":"2013-04-07T00:44:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T00:44:04","slug":"cycle-tracks-and-bus-only-lanes-coming-to-downtown-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/cycle-tracks-and-bus-only-lanes-coming-to-downtown-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"New Streetscape Project (MyFigueroa) Coming To Downtown L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

After several years of planning, the Figueroa Corridor Streetscape project (MyFigueroa) is coming even closer to reality. Soon, the Figueroa Corridor in Downtown and South Los Angeles will accommodate a bus-only lane and cycle tracks, while still maintaining vehicle access.<\/p>\n

When completed, Figueroa Corridor will provide a safer, sustainable, more comfortable local environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. The project’s updated designs will be presented to the public at a Community Meeting<\/a> on April 9 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Concept Design <\/a>via MyFiguero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For two years, planners and architects have been working to turn the rather bleak South Figueroa Corridor into a complete street with bike-only lanes. While support has been mostly positive, many find it hard to believe that it is happening in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

With some major hurdles facing the $20 million project, like the dissolution of the Community Redevelopment Agency responsible for the project,\u00a0if everything goes as\u00a0predicted, it should finally be completed by the end of 2014.<\/p>\n

The MyFigueroa\u00a0is funded by a Proposition 1C\u00a0grant and is fully supported by Council District 9 as well as the Mayor\u2019s Office as a \u201csignature project\u201d for Los Angeles. It is now being managed locally by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT).<\/p>\n

Some of the key highlights of the LADOT-managed\u00a0project include pedestrian and bike improvements — like high-visibility crosswalks, widened sidewalks, transit platforms, more street trees and landscaping, better signalization and signage, and public art.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what to expect for\u00a0cycling along Figueroa Street from 7th Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. with the features that will be put into place:<\/p>\n

Bikeway Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n