San Vicente has a protected bike lane on our City's Mobility Plan, and there is now an official LADOT effort to install protected bike lanes when the street is repaved in June. Our previous survey showed 88% of residents were in favor of protected bike lanes (278 responses). Similarly, another survey by the Wilshire Vista Neighborhood Association showed 73% in favor (142 responses).
But right on cue, the anti-progress crowd is trying to stop the project. A board member of the P.I.C.O. Neighborhood Council has launched a petition in opposition of the project with all the usual NIMBY fear-mongering we have come to expect - spreading falsehoods that the bike lane will "increase pollution" and "ruin commutes". In reality, protected bike lanes have been proven to reduce pollution by encouraging those who would otherwise drive to use greener forms of transportation. San Vicente is also overbuilt for the number of cars that use it daily, and doesn't need 3 lanes in each direction. Don't let a small group of people against progress get the way of a brighter future - sign this petition to support the project.
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