At Streetsblog LA, L.A. Creek Freak Joe Linton takes a close look at the Los Angeles Draft Bicycle Plan implementation strategy — a fantastic read for those who don’t want to read the whole document themselves but don’t want to miss anything important. Here’s the skinny:

The implementation plan shows about 40 miles of new bikeways each year, starting in 2010, going through 2015.

However:

Looking at the Estimated Completion for the “5-year” plan, project completion estimates stretch out to 2018… perhaps the plan should be called the “Nine Year Implementation Plan.”

Joe goes on to name a whole bunch of other issues plaguing the draft — which you should all ready in detail with great interest — but ends on this positive note:

The city’s draft 5-year implementation plan, despite a few flaws, is actually relatively strong, even a bit ambitious. The city can work with cycling communities to fix the mostly-minor flaws, and to create an implementation plan that will step up the pace of facility implementation… making the city safer for all road users.

That conclusion’s a much more sanguine one than the one that greeted the earlier draft of the plan.

If, after reading Joe’s take, you feel moved to read the whole document, here’s the Los Angeles Draft Bicycle Plan. Post-read, send in your comments — or remember them for the series of workshops and public hearings on the plan, happening September 7 to 18.

And don’t forget — Mayor Villaraigosa’s Bike Summit happens Mon., Aug. 16!

Earlier: Turn 4th Street into a Bicycle Boulevard: Moving beyond sharrows

Image via the City of Los Angeles

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