A city program that will test automated ticketing of drivers parked in bike and bus lanes downtown, already on the books for nearly a year, could be up and running by summer. City officials have highlighted the program, called Smart Streets, as a way to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians downtown and speed up bus service. Officials also at one point highlighted the pilot as a new tool .
St. Paul’s draft Bicycle Plan envisions 337 miles of bikeways crisscrossing the city in an elaborate network by the year 2040, with nearly three-fourths of that network consisting of protected, separated bikeways and off-street paths. That’s an increase of 119 miles of new bikeways in the next 16 years — an ambitious proposal that drew sizable turnout on Friday during a public hearing before .
The citizen-sponsored ballot measure would mandate that L.A. implement its own ambitious street plan to add bike lanes and pedestrian- and transit-friendly improvements.