A long-range bicycle lane plan for the City of Beverly Hills has been met by residents with mixed feelings as it slowly rolls out. The city has identified more than 20 streets where new bike paths are being considered as part of the proposed “Holistic Bikeway Network.”
Each project in the network will have to receive individual approval from the City Council, the first of which gained conditional approval Sept. 18. This was a pilot project on Roxbury Drive. There are five similar projects identified for City Council review in the current fiscal year. Public comments on the issue in city commission and council meetings have been split between bike lane evangelists pushing for more lanes, and residents who fear bike lanes will create traffic hazards and congest roadways in the city.
