Imagine a bike ride around busy Beverly Hills from a future Metro station on Wilshire, up to the Business Triangle, all the way up to Sunset Boulevard, to describe just one possible far-ranging route completely free of fear.
It may sound far-fetched, but on a cool, breezy Sunday morning, the city took a step in that direction by inviting the community to test out a protected bike lane along Roxbury Drive, right next to Roxbury Park. Starting at 10 a.m. on July 25, about 50 cyclists sped along the bike lane, which was buffered by delineators running along Roxbury Drive from Olympic Boulevard to the city limit near Peck Drive. The city hosted the event to hear what its residents thought of the protected lane. While survey results have not yet been tabulated, residents so far seem impressed.
