The Chandler Boulevard Bike Path is a
Class I rail trail
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off-street bike route that runs from
North Hollywood
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to
Burbank
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in
Los Angeles County, California
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.
Chandler Blvd. Bikeway was the
Southern Pacific
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Burbank Branch railroad track until the 1980s.
The path has separate bicycle and pedestrian lanes, sculpture, murals, pleasant landscaping and impressive views of the
Verdugo Mountains
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.
Chandler Boulevard cyclists and pedestrians have “easy access to…shops and restaurants” in the North Hollywood
neighborhood of Los Angeles
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and a “tranquil trip through residential areas” of the incorporated city of Burbank.
The separated section of the bikeway extends from Mariposa Street in Burbank to Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood. The municipal boundary is at Clybourn Avenue.
The western end of the bike path is readily accessible from the combined
North Hollywood station
North Hollywood station is a combined rapid transit (known locally as a subway) and bus rapid transit (BRT) station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Metro Busway systems. It is the northwestern terminus of the B Line subway and eastern term ...
of
B Line train
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and
G Line bus rapid transit route.
The Chandler Boulevard Bike Path is owned by the
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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(commonly known as Metro), and is maintained by Los Angeles' and Burbank's respective transportation departments with funding provided by Metro.
Future improvements and extensions
Recent improvements to the North Hollywood section of the bikeway included exercise equipment, a children's playground, a fenced dog run, street furniture, and, at Denny Avenue, a new crosswalk and ADA ramp improvements.
The Chandler Bicycle Connection project, completed 2021, is a
Class III sharrows route that connects the end of the
Orange Line Bike Path to the beginning of the protected bike route on the median in
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
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. Converting this stretch to protected bike lanes is underway with a projected completion date of 2023.
In 2020, the Burbank City Council approved an extension to the
Burbank Metrolink station along a route that will include the under-construction
Burbank Channel Bikeway and a connection to the
San Fernando Bikeway.
See also
*
List of Los Angeles bike paths
This is a list of bike paths in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Paths
* 98th Street bicycle path – runs from Avalon Boulevard to Clovis Avenue along 98th Street in the South Los Angeles area. Bike Path ID: 1. Mileage: 0.52. ...
References
External links
BurbankBike trail maplabikepaths.com: Chandler Bikewayalltrails.com: Chandler Bikeway Los Angeles Bikeway Map (Metro.net) - PDF hosted on Dropbox
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