LADOT Bicycle Services LADOT - Moving Los Angeles Forward

“For the city bike to catch on we need a revolution in our society's infrastructure. Right now a city rider needs to be a road warrior, and the bike needs to be cheap and ugly so it won't get stolen. That's not a bike-friendly culture.”
 - Gary Fischer


Bikeway Engineering

The Department of Transportation's Bikeway Engineering Group is responsible for the design and oversight of new bike path and bike lane projects throughout the City of Los Angeles. Utilizing the City's Bicycle Plan as a roadmap and the Bicycle Advisory Committee's guidance:
  1. New projects are selected for preliminary design and implementation
  2. Funding is sought and obtained
  3. Striping plans are developed &/or civil design begins, in compliance with state and federal standards
  4. With the assistance of the Department of Public Work's Bureaus of Street Service and Engineering, a bid package is developed
  5. Bids are solicited and a contractor is selected for construction
  6. Bikeway construction begins!
Some projects that are already completed and are in-use include:
New Projects in Design and/or Development include:

Bikeway Engineering Group

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, following the City's Bicycle Plan develops, seeks funding for, and engineers bikeways with the support of the Department of Public Works Bureaus of Engineering, Street Lighting, and Street Services.

Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Bikeways Division
100 S. Main St., 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: 213-972-4959
Fax: 213-972-4919

Group Staff:
  • Michael May, Transportation Engineer
  • Ramon Larios
  • Shaldy Marte
  • Edna Chavez
  • Tim Fremaux
  • Howard Huang
  • Jonathan Hui
  • Paul Meshkin
  • Robert Sanchez
  • Abbass Vajar


 

For other information about the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, visit LADOT's main website