Streetsblog Visits Colorado, Broadway and Other Westside Bike Improvements

Two of the more bike-friendly westside cities – Culver City and Santa Monica – have green mobility projects under construction.

Santa Monica Colorado and Broadway Improvements

Santa Monica is installing a new westbound curb-protected bike lane on Colorado Avenue. The 0.9-mile project, previewed by SBLA in February, parallels the Metro E Line light rail tracks from the 17th/SMC Station to the Downtown Santa Monica terminus station.

As reported by SBLA sister site Santa Monica Next, work is underway. New concrete curbs are completed near the west end of the project.

Just a block to the north, Santa Monica has construction well underway for a much more extensive bike/walk project: the Broadway Protected Bike Lane Project, also called the Broadway Safety Project. That 1.6-mile project extends from 5th Street to 26th Street. Broadway already had continuous bike lanes – mostly unprotected with a few parking-protected blocks. The full length will be upgraded to parking-protected, including some concrete curb-protected areas.

As of today, quite a bit of Broadway feels like a construction mess. Street resurfacing appears more or less done all the way to 26th; planned bike lanes, crosswalks, and parking are preliminarily marked. Construction is expected to continue through at least the end of April.

East End of Culver City Bus/Bike Improvements

Construction is underway on Move Culver City’s Eastern Segment. The project includes street resurfacing, and new bus lanes and bike lanes. See full plans.

Culver City is adding a new eastbound unprotected bike lane on Washington Boulevard. Westbound cyclists and transit riders will share a new bus/bike lane. Shared bus-bike lanes are not great all-ages facilities, but here arguably represent an improvement over curb parking.

The project is also adding about a fifth of a mile of new protected bike lanes on Adams Boulevard. This short stretch closes an existing bikeway gap, connecting from Washington to Los Angeles’ Adams Boulevard bike lanes.

Eastern Segment construction began in March 2026, and is expected to continue through June.

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Damien Newton

Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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