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Tonight the Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee voted 6-1 for Sharrows on Coast Hwy through Corona del Mar. More details at bikeNewportbeach. The Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee takes up the case for Sharrows again — join us in the Friends Room at the Main Library on Avocado at 4:30pm Monday May 7th. This video [… Read More]

Overnight, Corona del Mar got some new striping along Coast Hwy, some new signage, too. Let’s take a look: first a new bike lane… The idea here is that cyclists will stay out in this lane because to move them all the way to the curb sets them up for a right-turn only lane just [… Read More]

Enjoying these short winter days with their cool temperatures? It’s off-season here in Newport Beach and the crowds are gone, so get on your bike, buck the trend and take this coastal ride from the Crystal Cove Promenade to the peninsula. Winter skies cause me to reach for a cup of java and on this [… Read More]

At the Newport Pier on a typical summer weekend motorists circle the parking lot looking for a place to park. This creates congestion; it’s bad for the environment, bad for pedestrian and cyclist safety and it wastes time and money. Surely the experience discourages some from a return visit. Let’s add to this mix: the [… Read More]

“It’s the Business District that insisted on the traffic lights.” I met Charlie Gandy for coffee early Sunday morning and when you’re in Belmont Shore with Charlie it doesn’t take long for the conversation to turn to Sharrows. Every time I hear something different — Belmont Shore has 13 traffic lights along 2nd Street; they’re [… Read More]

We’re all in a hurry; it’s part of life these days. Has it always been that way? Were there quieter, simpler times? The City has convened a Citizens Advisory Panel to look at ways to enhance the pedestrian experience along Coast Hwy in Corona del Mar. They met 10 days ago and plan to meet [… Read More]

A Citizen Advisory Panel held a meeting earlier this week to consider improvements to the entrance to CdM, especially when coming from the west. They plan to widen sidewalks in the hopes of improving the pedestrian experience. It’s not till the meeting is almost over that I realize they’ve avoided the elephant in the room: [… Read More]

First they developed a methodology for testing motorist behavior around cyclcists before installing Sharrows, then came the Sharrows and more testing. The process was complicated and deliberate, but the conclusion was simple: Sharrows improve driver behavior. Now the LADOT Bike Program hopes “to move forward with a robust implementation of Sharrows on Bicycle Friendly Streets [… Read More]

So this is the big weekend – when LA’s Sepulveda Pass is closed to traffic. Many are trying to capitalize on this disruption. I noticed that “travel marketing executives” here in Newport Beach came up with a plan to lure those who can’t stand not driving somewhere, to drive 50 miles south to our little [… Read More]

This morning’s monthly board meeting of the Corona del Mar Residents Association featured a presentation by Sean Matsler and Tony Petros, both members of the NB Bike Safety Committee.Their subject: the implementation of Sharrows along Coast Hwy through CdM. All the usual comments soon followed in the Q&A: cyclists’ behavior, riding two and three abreast, [… Read More]