Question 1

WHAT is Sunset4All?

Accepted Answer

3.2 miles of protected bike lanes, improved crosswalks, bus stop upgrades, safer access to schools, pedestrian amenities, pocket parks, and more!

Question 2

WHERE is Sunset4all?

Question 3

WHY Build a Sunset4all?

Accepted Answer

Save lives:
 
Almost 1,000 people have been injured or killed in traffic violence along the corridor in the last ten years (SWITRS CHP Data).
Traffic crashes are the fourth leading cause of premature death in the county, ahead of homicides, strokes, and lung cancer.  For Latinx and Black communities it is the third leading cause of premature death (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health). Improving safety for walking and biking will help to reduce this disproportionate impact on people of color.
A thirteen year study of a dozen cities showed networks of protected bike lanes reduce deaths to people walking, driving, and biking by 44%.
 
Save the planet: 
Sunset4All would safely and efficiently connect ~100,000 residents with the subway
Over 50% of trips along the corridor are less than 3 miles. (LA City Planning). Sunset4All makes it possible to walk, roll, or bike for local errands without risking your life while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Provide a meaningful alternative to driving which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air and water quality in Los Angeles
 
Support our small businesses!
Safe streets = shopping streets
To help our businesses bounce back from COVID, let’s make our community’s “main streets” more welcoming places to walk, dine, and shop.
Sunset4All would knit all of our business districts together. Protected bike lanes on Sunset Blvd would make it possible to shop for a book at Skylight in Los Feliz and then have lunch in Echo Park without searching for a parking spot!
 
Create Safe Routes to schools, playgronds, and libraries:
Safe Routes National Partnership, the premier Safe Routes to School Organization in the country, reviewed Sunset4All. In their endorsement letter they wrote, “Sunset4All will be a game changer in the lives of thousands of local children and The Safe Routes Partnership is honored to support it.” (Jonathan Metz, Policy Director, Safe Routes Partnership). 
 
Create a Model for Complete Streets in LA
Sunset Boulevard is one of the most iconic streets in one of the most iconic cities in the world. If we can transform Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards into 3.2 miles of “complete streets” it will change the perception of what is possible and inspire other communities to do the same.

Question 4

Who is Sunset4All and BikeLA?

Accepted Answer

Sunset4All is a community led project powered by BikeLA of over 500 local residents. BikeLA is LA County’s premier non-profit (501c3) bicycle advocacy organization, working  to make all communities in LA County healthy, safe, and fun places to ride a bike through education and outreach.

Question 5

Where is the money going?

Accepted Answer

Your tax deductible donation will directly pay (along with the matching funds!) for a prominent transportation engineering firm to draw up the initial engineering plans for protected bike lanes and pedestrian improvements along the 3.2 mile sunset4all route. A small percentage of the funds will go to BikeLA to cover the administration of the project and related outreach.

Question 6

Why is this necessary?

Accepted Answer

This crowdfunding campaign is following in the successful footsteps of other cities to deliver complete streets like the Arapaho Bike Lane in Boulder Colorado. Robust community led outreach is essential to ensure that the Sunset & Santa Monica corridors become the “main streets” that our communities deserve. Sunset4All has engaged chambers of commerce, community groups, schools, neighborhood councils, elected officials at community events and one-on-ones. Additionally the group has  already raised $10,000 in grants.

Now, in order to advance the project further, we’re raising the last round of funding needed to create the initial engineering plans the community and city will use to formalize outreach and apply for the state and federal grants to cover the cost of putting these street improvements in the ground.

Question 7

When would the initial engineering begin?

Accepted Answer

BikeLA plans to sign a contract with the engineering firm to start work at their first bi-monthly Board of Directors meeting following the crowdfunding goal being reached.

Question 8

Will Sunset4all remove travel lanes?

Accepted Answer

No! By placing bi-directional, parking protected bike lanes on one side of the street we can maintain all travel and parking lanes on Sunset Blvd.  
On Santa Monica Blvd the community would have the option of a 4 to 3 lane reconfiguration between Virgil and Vermont or send the sunset4all route down a parallel side street to the south entrance of the subway station. It’s up to the community to decide which route they prefer!
We estimate that ~46 parking spaces over 2.5 miles of Sunset Blvd. would need to be painted red in order to improve sight-lines as part of the protected bike lane design.These increased sight-lines would improve safety for all modes.

Question 9

Why should we focus on Sunset Blvd?

Accepted Answer

Sunset Boulevard is the irreplaceable gap in our active transportation network.
The Sunset4all route runs through a mountain pass with no parallel side streets.  There is no alternate route people on bikes can take. This is why The City of LA Mobility Plan 2035 identified Sunset as one of the key protected bicycle corridors.
Every neighborhood north of Koreatown and west of the 110 freeway needs Sunset Boulevard to safely access DTLA and vice versa.  These bike lanes will serve Hollywood, East Hollywood, Historic Filipinotown, Los Feliz, Atwater Village, Burbank, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Lincoln Heights, DTLA, and all points north.  
Sunset4all is among the routes with the greatest transportation significance in the entire region.

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