Winnetka Avenue to Get Bike Lanes Beginning June 4

Department of Transportation crews will begin on Winnetka Avenue between Devonshire and Nordhoff streets the week of June 4, according to Glenn Bailey, vice chair of the city's Bicycle Advisory Committee.

The reduced number of car lanes will not impede traffic on Winnetka Avenue, according to Tim Fremaux, a transportation engineer with the city’s bikeways section.

“Traffic volumes will be easily handled,” he told the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council recently.

The maximum capacity is 800 cars per lane and the city’s traffic count was 1,100 total for both lanes during peak hours, resulting in fewer than the 1,600 total capacity of both lanes, he said.

The Winnetka bike lanes will serve the Chatsworth train station and are expected to increase bicycle usage when the begins operation there later in June.

Bailey said the 1.2 miles of new lanes will make Winnetka Avenue safer for cyclists.

-- Maryanne Love contributed to this report.

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