Orange Line Bikeway

rdf:langString Orange Line Bikeway

rdf:langString Orange Line Bikeway

rdf:langString Bikeway in Van Nuys

rdf:langString Los Angeles County, California, United States

rdf:langString File:Orange Line Bikeway 2022-08b.jpg

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rdf:langString Active transportation, road biking, walking, dogs on leash

rdf:langString The Orange Line Bikeway is a cycle route in Los Angeles County, California that runs 17.9 miles (28.8 km) and “spans the lengths of the San Fernando Valley’s major communities” from Chatsworth to North Hollywood, “connecting such places as Pierce College, the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, the and Valley College.” The Orange Line Bikeway's “seventeen-point-nine miles of exclusive, smooth, and lush active mobility glory” runs alongside the G Line bus rapid transit route. The Orange Line Bikeway is one of two major bicycle routes in Los Angeles that share dedicated rights-of-way with mass transit, the other being the Expo Line Bikeway in west L.A. The Class I off-street bike path section of the Bikeway runs from Chatsworth station to approximately Valley College station. The 2 mi (3.2 km) section on Chandler Boulevard is a Class II on-street bike lane (beginning on the west between Coldwater Canyon and Fulton Avenue, near the Ethel Avenue crossing, and continuing to North Hollywood station on the east). UCLA cycling advocates named the Orange Line Bike Path one of the “six best places to bike in L.A.” One guide to Los Angeles cycling notes, “While the path provides a traffic-free, safe ride, users have to stop when crossing streets that run perpendicular to it. For cyclists, stopping every so often reduces their overall ability to maintain the flow of an uninterrupted ride. That’s why the Orange Line Bicycle Path is suitable for casual, recreational riding over hardcore cycling or training.” In the east at North Hollywood station, the route connects to the Chandler Boulevard Bike Path that runs to Burbank for a total of 21.3 mi (34.3 km). In the west at Chatsworth station it connects to the 1.6 mi (2.6 km) Browns Creek Bike Path. The bike path also connects readily to the bike paths of the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area. Because of the long reach of the extended path, this route has been called a “San Fernando Valley commuter corridor” and “the crown jewel of San Fernando Valley bike infrastructure.”

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