BURBANK SET TO OK PLAN TO MAKE ROADS BY SCHOOLS BICYCLE-FRIENDLY.Byline: JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. KANDEL Staff Writer BURBANK -- The Burbank City Council was scheduled to approve a plan late Tuesday to pay nearly $80,000 for new technology at 11 intersections near elementary schools elementary school: see school. to make it safer for kids to ride their bikes to and from campus. The Safe Routes To School plan is part of a Caltrans project, which provided nearly $66,000 in 2004 to help get the effort off the ground. Under the plan, the city would chip in $14,000 from Proposition C, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County half-cent sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. measure approved by voters in 1990. ``In Burbank, a lot of the major streets are too narrow to accommodate bicycle lanes,'' said David Kriske, a senior planner with the city. So the city wants to identify nearby local streets that parallel major roads and provide a safer street for bicyclist, he said. The plan would allow bicyclists to use local streets to get through town and would make signal improvements to help them cross Victory and Glenoaks boulevards, Hollywood Way, Alameda Avenue and other major streets. As part of the plan, traffic engineers would extend the timing of signals and install cameras, pavement sensors and push buttons specifically for bikes so riders don't have to get off their bikes. The plan would dovetail dovetail (dov´tāl), n a widened or fanned-out portion of a prepared cavity, usually established deliberately to increase the retention and resistance form. with the city's $9 million Bicycle Master Plan, a 20-year road map for more than 32 miles of bike paths, lanes and routes in Burbank and connections to other regional bike routes across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3306 |
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