Housing and Development Newsletter
However, the green lanes have ruffled some feathers in Santa Barbara’s architecture community, and many feel that they don’t belong.
“I think that these green lanes are a standard type of solution for use in large cities where there is heavy traffic in bikes and automobiles together,” Cassandra Ensberg, a local Santa Barbara architect, told Noozhawk. “However, I think these green stripes on State Street are overkill, confusing, and a very inappropriate solution that does not solve the problem.”
City crews have begun painting bright green lane striping along the center of State Street in Santa Barbara, with the aim of giving bicyclists their own path along the corridor and easing pedestrian-bicyclist conflicts. (Jade Martinez-Pogue / Noozhawk photo)
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Electric bikes have arrived in downtown Santa Barbara and several other locations around town.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. BCycle, one of the nation’s largest and longest-standing bike-share companies, has launched in Santa Barbara.
In partnership with the City of Santa Barbara, the new system will bring electric bikes to the city designed to take riders further, faster, and with less effort than before.
BCycle is owned by Trek Bicycle, a global leader in the design and manufacture of bicycles and cycling equipment.
“Santa Barbara is a special place and is an ideal community for electric assist bike sharing,” Trek Bicycle president John Burke said “I think the new system is going to make a very positive impact in the community from a health, congestion, and quality of life standpoint.”