ADDITIONAL BIKE LANES PART OF CITY'S CLEAN-AIR STRATEGY.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Hoping to improve air quality and cut traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , a city transportation committee is trying to figure out how to add bike lanes to some of Santa Clarita's busiest roads. The Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting Monday at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., where members will discuss traffic problems and how to alleviate some of them by making the roadways more attractive to bicyclists. Recommendations face review by the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle and the City Council. ``CTAC CTAC Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee CTAC Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center CTAC Customer Technical Assistance Center (Sprint) CTAC Center for Army Tactics CTAC Carlsbad Field Office Technical Assistance Contractor is trying to finalize the bikeway bike·way n. A bicycle lane or path. plan,'' said city traffic engineer Bahman Janka. ``The objective is to provide bicycle lanes on lots of roadways.'' But cyclists face mounting competition from motorists who clog city streets and need additional traffic lanes. The city plans to convert several four-lane roads into six-lane thoroughfares, leaving cyclists without room for bike lanes. Among those roads are Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , McBean Parkway, Orchard Village Road and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . ``The bicyclists are between a rock and a hard place,'' said cyclist John Lukes, who said the city's off-road trails aren't suitable for serious bicyclists. ``It's a hazard for us to be on the bicycle and pedestrian paths with kids on bikes and in strollers,'' Lukes said. ``The only thing we have is to educate drivers that we can use the road.'' He wants the city to distribute road safety brochures to motorists throughout the Valencia Industrial Center, the Town Center mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
City Councilwoman Jan Heidt wants to preserve as many bikeways as possible, especially on Sierra Highway where cyclists share traffic lanes. ``We don't need to cut off Sierra Highway,'' she said. ``It's the last major road which provides you with bikeways.'' Sierra Highway doesn't have formal bike lanes, but rather extra-wide lanes that enable cyclists to comfortably share the road with vehicles. Bike lanes already exist on portions of Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. , Bouquet Canyon and Wiley Canyon roads. At next week's meeting, the transportation committee will discuss roads that can accommodate bike lanes only if existing traffic lanes are eliminated. The group also will examine the possibility of the city acquiring additional rights of way on future roads to accommodate bike lanes. The city General Plan discourages bike lanes on streets, such as Valencia Boulevard, because of heavy traffic. |
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