Is that the San Andreas fault or a bike lane?

This beautiful stretch of pavement can be found on the Marvin Braude Bike Trail as it winds through Marina del Rey. The seam in the pavement is perfect for catching bike tires.

In fact, this photo -- taken Sunday about 5:30 p.m. -- is actually kind of flattering. The bike trail through the marina, which is part of unincorporated Los Angeles County, is in deplorable shape. The pavement was passable when I lived out that way more than five years ago, but it has been allowed to get even worse. Too bad. The bike path, which continues along the beach both to the north and south, is a great regional attraction.

The bike path, I believe, falls under the domain of Supervisor Don Knabe, whose website says he is a "leader in regional transportation." Great! Surely, such a leader will be able to get a relatively small section of bike path repaved so that grumpy reporters aren't making inquiries about it, as I'm about to do.

--Steve Hymon

photo: Steve Hymon / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Donald]

That is so funny. Maybe we should send the "pot hole" mayor to fix it.

We have come to a point in LA, that how we run this county is unsustainable. Plus so may crooks with their hands on the cookie jar.

[Irwin]

If Don Knabe is leader in regional transportation, then I guess I'm the Queen of England

[tiptop]

If Measure R passes, the MTA could move money from the 710 Gap Closure fund to close this gap.

[Jose]

Steve - you sarcastic devil, you.

Surely you don't expect the SUPESto give a hoot about a busted up section of bike trail, do you? They have more important things to think about, like painting over public art or approving development BEFORE the mitigating transportation improvements are put into place, and then complaining about the costs of trying to fix their messes. And bike riders are surely a bunch of sniveling babies - why don't they just steer around it, because it is clearly big enough to see.

Good hunting.