What's Your Take on Mission Street Bike Lanes?

Monday we shared South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce's Facebook status about bike lanes on Mission Street with our Patch Facebook followers:

Our Transportation Manager [Dennis Woods] informs me that on Mission Street the approved Bicycle Master Plan calls for painting a wide green stripe in the travel lane with sharrows [shared roadway bicycle markings].

There is insufficient width on Mission Street to install a Class II green [bike] lane without losing parking, so the alternative of a green stripe with sharrows was approved.

Sharrows are the symbol painted on the pavement that included the bicycle logo with chevrons as depicted in the YouTube video [attached].

The Public Works Department is currently looking at the costs and other related issues before installation.

Here's what our followers had to say. What do you think?

• Ellen La Scola: Uh, that looks really, really bad.make the cars park somewhere else and put in a real bike lane! 
• Adroit Primate: Can we enforce speed limits, too? 
• South Pasadena Patch: ‎Ellen La Scola, Do you bike ride often in town? Do you think bike lanes are safer? 
• Ellen La Scola: I do bike ride all the time in town - I am from Sacramento which is full of bike lanes on nearly every street, and yes they are safer. I was very surprised by the lack of bike lanes when I moved here.
• Adroit Primate I am a new resident, too, and was very surprised by how bike unfriendly this town is. Which is pretty ridiculous considering South Pasadena is approx. 3 1/2 square miles.

For more information: 

Click here to read about Monterey Road bike lanes.

Click here to read about Grand Avenue bike lanes.

Click here for the Bicycle Master Plan.