New Dedicated Bike Path Segment Planned Along Expo Line
LOS ANGELES, CA — A bike path connecting downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica is closer to completion after the City Council on Friday voted to acquire an easement necessary to close one of the route’s critical gaps near Rancho Park and Cheviot Hills.
The Expo Bike Path was created as part of the construction of the Expo Line (now the E Line). It runs parallel to the train tracks for 12 miles, between USC and Santa Monica. The eastern portion consists largely of on-street bike lanes, while the 7-mile portion west of La Cienega Boulevard is a dedicated path — save for two gaps.
That includes the so-called Northvale Gap between Motor and Overland avenues, where bicyclists must leave the dedicated path and travel on the street in mixed traffic with vehicles, city documents show.
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On Thursday, the City Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement with a Motor Avenue property owner that will allow the city to construct a dedicated path in the Northvale Gap.
The city has not indicated the final plans for what the new portion of the bike path will look like, but has previously laid out a number of options.
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