CALTRANS SHARROWS in Laguna Beach

 SHARROWS are pavement markings that indicate the roadway is shared by motor vehicles eBikes and pedal bicycles. 

Consistent with their Deputy Directive 64 for a transition to multi-modal mobility, the California Department of Transportation CALTRANS placed Sharrows on South Coast Highway at Woods Cove, pictured is 'PCH' at Moss Street. In a town experiencing a wretched excess of automobiles the use of more cycling complements the 2012 LB bike route. Like the bike route and LB Trolley these interventions are a welcome alternative to motorist traffic in Laguna Beach. 

THANK YOU CALTRANS, Department of Transformation.

Cyclists: The posted speed limit remains at 30 and 40mph, first adopters will learn to pedal faster. 

-LS

Promenade IV Street Art

 What-if the new Promenade IV offered Street Art? 

 -LS

Public Input Request LB Downtown Feb 4

Public Meeting 

One scoping meeting will be held to receive comments on the proposed scope and
content of the Downtown Specific Plan Phase II Update Draft EIR (Environment Impact Report). You are invitedto attend and present environ-mental information that you believe should be
addressed in the Draft EIR. The meeting will be scheduled for:

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m.
Laguna Beach Council Chambers
505 Forest Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

 Submittal of Written Comments

Please indicate a contact person for your agency or organization and send written
comments (including first and last name, email address, telephone number, and/or
other contact information) electronically or by mail to the following:

                                        City of Laguna Beach
                             Community Development Department

                                          Planning Division
                           ATTN: Kate Kazama, Associate Planner
             RE: Laguna Beach Downtown Specific Plan Phase II Update

                                         505 Forest Avenue
                                     Laguna Beach, CA 92651
                            Email: kkazama@lagunabeachcity.net

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE EIR. ATTENDEES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CONSULTANTS PREPARING THE EIR.

-LS

Irvine LOWERS Speed Limits

Given the new PCH bike Sharrows at Aliso I'm wondering, does CALTRANS expect cyclists to pedal the posted speed-limit of 40MPH?  How about 50MPH since that's what traffic is doing?  Meanwhile the city of Irvine have lowered their speed limits in zones where there are bicycles and hot-spots, so why can't CALTRANS do this on PCH?  

Here's a sampling from the city of Irvine:

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• 56 streets will have lower speed limits
• 35 streets stay the same
• 27 streets are newly surveyed and officially posted
• Only 2 street segments will see a speed increase (both on Bosque near the Great Park) 
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  Thank you Irvine Council Member Kathleen Treseder for supporting bicycle safety. 

  -LS 

How Motorists Defend Roadway Entitlement

  

 

"But Officer I didn't SEEEEE him"

 

 

-LS

TESLA CYBER TANKS in Laguna Beach

TO THE INSECURE PATRIOT IN YOUR DEPLORIAN DUMPSTER WHO NEARLY KILLED ME TODAY, THE 3-FOOT PASSING RULE STATES:

2024 California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 3 - Driving, Overtaking, and Passing
ARTICLE 3 - Overtaking and Passing
Section 21760.

21760. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Three Feet for Safety Act.

(b) The driver of a motor vehicle overtaking and passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall pass in compliance with the requirements of this article applicable to overtaking and passing a vehicle, and shall do so at a safe distance that does not interfere with the safe operation of the overtaken bicycle, having due regard for the size and speed of the motor vehicle and the bicycle, traffic conditions, weather, visibility, and the surface and width of the highway.

 

 

WATCH THE ROAD NOT YOUR DASH-CAM 

 LEARN TO SHARE-THE-ROAD

-LS 

CANCELED e-Bike Safety Course at Thurston

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN

(To be rescheduled by LBPD) 

Calling all E-Bike Riders !!!

E-Bike Traffic Safety Saturday 3 January '26

• earn E-bike permit
• Cost: FREE
• Bring your bikes 

 Sponsored by the Laguna Beach Police Department and Thurston Middle School 

Here's the public flyer: 

-LS

 

LB South Coast Highway gets Sharrows

 

Got Sharrows?  Within hours we leave 2025 forever, lets take notice that South Coast Highway received Sharrows in the #2 lanes through Laguna Beach, from Upland through Aliso Beach. 

Atta-Boy CALTRANS

During regular maintenance for roadway tar and slurry and consistent with an earlier Pacific Corridor study,  California Route 1 through Laguna received these Sharrows and bike-boxes near the Montage Resort and Hotel. 

However,  the speed limit remains unchanged at 40mph. How many of you can pedal 40mph or faster to keep-up with PCH motorist traffic? Uphill?  Should be a challenge for eBikes as well. Are these Complete Streets interventions consistent with Caltrans Department Directive-64 or the Pacific Corridor study? 

What else does Caltrans have in store for Route #1 through Laguna Beach? 

-LS 

What Motorists Miss Most

Trek-in' at sunset Laguna Beach, CA

-LS

Laguna Beach Denstiny

Charm;

Beauty;

Village; 

Rural;

Small Scale; 

Marine Sanctuary.

The destiny of  Laguna Beach and a choice by city leadership. Will Laguna Beach residents regret their decision?

-LS