Bicyclists on the road
A passing pickup truck straddles the center divider while sharing the road with bicyclists on Mandeville Canyon Road in Brentwood, where a local resident allegedly slammed on his brakes in front of two bicyclists, injuring both seriously, on July 4. “Sometimes motorists don”t know how close they are,” says Marco Fantone of the Velo Club LaGrange cycling organization. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Cyclists follow a construction truck down Mandeville Canyon Road. “Every hazard on the right-hand side forces us out there,” Marco Fantone says of the obstacles that he and other cyclists face on the narrow road. The city has hired a consultant to update its outmoded bike plan and attempt to create a safe, cohesive network from its more than 350 miles of bike routes, lanes and paths. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A bicyclist slows down as a bus crosses his path on Mandeville Canyon Road. Los Angeles is a very challenging environment to ride in, given the condition of roadways, the storm grates that will eat your wheels, the lack of formal bike lanes or bike paths and just a lack of respect and a lack of awareness from motorists about the rights of bicyclists, says Matt Benjamin, a transportation planner from Alta Planning + Design in San Rafael, Calif., which has been hired by the city to update its bike plan. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
