TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
Nhung Madrid, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Discussion on Bicycle Master Plan and Prioritization (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council 1) implement Phase 1 - designation of Class III bike routes as depicted in the attached map and project list; 2) provide further direction regarding remaining projects.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Implementing Phase I costs under $10,000 in materials, plus staff resources to install signs. These costs could be absorbed into the current appropriation for non-motorized transportation improvements. Future phases will be priced as those are brought forward according to Council direction.
BACKGROUND:
In 2011, the City Council approved the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan, which is a multi-jurisdictional plan to regionally connect the cities of Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Gardena, Hawthorne, and Torrance via a comprehensive bicycle network. Manhattan Beach's portion of the plan identified approximately 31 miles of new bicycle facilities ranging from bike routes, bike-friendly streets, bike lanes, to bike paths. Since adoption of the Plan, approximately six (6) miles of bicycle facilities have been implemented within the City.
DISCUSSION:
Following adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan, the City undertook an update to its General Plan Circulation Element, now retitled as the Mobility Plan. Initially, the Bicycle Master Plan and a phased prioritization of the various proposed facilities was incorporated into the Mobility Plan update. However, due to staffing resources reallocated to other projects within the Community Development Department, pro...
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