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
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Addition of Shared Lane Markings (Sharrows) in Citywide 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 provide further direction regarding the immediate or planned implementation of Shared Lane Markings (Sharrows) on certain streets as part of the Citywide Bikeway Master Plan.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
City Council recently authorized the implementation of Phase I (Low Hanging Fruit) bikeway improvements at an approximate cost of $10,000 in materials to be funded through the current Non-Motorized Transportation Fund. If Sharrows on all proposed streets are installed, the cost would be approximately $65,000. This amount could be appropriated from future year allocations of the Non-Motorized Transportation Fund or other capital improvement funding.
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. (Attachment 1) 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.
On October 3, 2017, the City Council discussed a prioritization plan for the implementation of the Citywide Bicycle Master Plan. At that meeting, the City Council directed staff to proceed with the installation of Class III...
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