Bike Lanes a Pain

In another example of how disconnected Los Angeles is from San Pedro, new bike lanes have been added to Capital and Westmont streets. Not only are these streets not the ones that bikers actually use when they ride around the peninsula, they are on steep hills riders would not go up. And with all the conversation against skateboard bombing, these new bike lanes make it easier and better for skateboarders to bomb San Pedro streets. At some point someone will realize that these bike lanes are a waste. At some point someone will realize that a single lane up Westmont causes more traffic and more air pollution as cars spend more time in traffic. Los Angeles is a far cry from San Pedro. It would be good if the traffic folks actually understood the town's traffic patterns before adding bike lanes to roads that are too steep to ride up. The good news is that the government is good at wasting money so they may have no problem putting the roads back.