Cyclists follow a construction truck down Mandeville Canyon Road. “Every hazard on the right-hand side forces us out there,” Marco Fantone says of the obstacles that he and other cyclists face on the narrow road. The city has hired a consultant to update its outmoded bike plan and attempt to create a safe, cohesive network from its more than 350 miles of bike routes, lanes and paths. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A bicyclist slows down as a bus crosses his path on Mandeville Canyon Road. Los Angeles is a very challenging environment to ride in, given the condition of roadways, the storm grates that will eat your wheels, the lack of formal bike lanes or bike paths and just a lack of respect and a lack of awareness from motorists about the rights of bicyclists, says Matt Benjamin, a transportation planner from Alta Planning + Design in San Rafael, Calif., which has been hired by the city to update its bike plan. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
