Palms : Rally for Bike Path
Community bicycling groups will hold a rally Saturday to advocate turning the Exposition right of way into a bike path.
The abandoned rail corridor runs for 12 miles along Exposition Boulevard, from Memorial Park in Santa Monica to USC. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission has tentative plans for a light rail line using the right of way, but funding for the project could be years away.
The Bike Expo Coalition and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a national organization that seeks to convert abandoned rail corridors into public foot and bike paths, hope to use the strip for recreation in the interim.
The rally will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Palms Recreation Center, 2950 Overland Ave., Los Angeles. Guests can hike and bicycle along the right of way. There will be a barbecue at noon.
The gathering will also celebrate Rails-to-Trails reaching the 500-trail mark. The nonprofit Washington-based group is working to establish a transcontinental trail-way network.
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