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Redondo Beach staff outline bike‑lane progress, trade‑offs; Diamond Street protected lanes planned
Summary
City traffic engineer Ryan Lu told the Redondo Beach Youth Commission the city has completed about 44% of its 26‑mile South Bay bike network; staff plan protected bike lanes on Diamond Street near Redondo Union High and buffered lanes as part of a two‑block Grant Avenue repaving project, while acknowledging trade‑offs with parking and lane reductions.
Ryan Lu, the city traffic engineer, told the Redondo Beach Youth Commission that the city has completed about 44% of the 26‑mile bicycle network identified in the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan and outlined upcoming projects and constraints.
Lu said the city uses four California facility classes — class 1 shared paths, class 2 painted lanes, class 3 routes (sharrows) and class 4 protected lanes — and that each is appropriate in different contexts. "When you provide that space for a cyclist, they will use that space and not ride in conflict with drivers or pedestrians," Lu said, citing counts that showed a sharp increase in cyclists at several locations…
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