Cyclists on Palos Verdes Boulevard in Redondo Beach now ride behind concrete curbs instead of next to moving traffic.

The city completed roughly 0.4 miles of concrete-curb-protected bike lanes on the boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway and South Irena Avenue, reported by Streetsblog Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 26. The project replaced roadside parking on both sides of the street with dedicated bike lanes separated from cars by four-foot buffers and rigid concrete barriers.

The city also added conventional, unprotected bike lanes along two more blocks near Prospect Avenue. Together, the improvements create a continuous 0.6-mile bikeway along Palos Verdes Boulevard through Redondo Beach, with both ends meeting the Torrance city limits, according to Patch.

The finished lanes close a gap in the city's bike network, giving riders a more clearly defined route between Torrance, Riviera Village and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Why parking was removed

A city-commissioned study justified the swap. Daytime surveys in December 2024 found no more than seven vehicles parked on either side of the boulevard between PCH and Irena Avenue at any given time, according to a January 2025 Public Works feasibility report included in city council records. Eight separate nighttime surveys found no more than five parked cars along the broader corridor to Prospect Avenue.

Traffic counts during the same period recorded an average of 16,147 vehicles per day on the boulevard, with an 85th-percentile speed of 35 mph. Engineers proposed narrowing vehicle lanes to about 10 feet rather than eliminating them, making room for six-foot bike lanes with concrete curb dividers installed at intervals and flexible plastic posts for visibility.

Cost and timeline

The Redondo Beach City Council authorized the work as part of a $577,449.49 change order to a contractor already performing a citywide slurry seal project. Public Works Director Andrew Winje's staff report to the council, filed as Item 26-0789, broke the spending into three pieces: $372,812.25 for bike lane signing, striping and protective curbs on Palos Verdes Boulevard; $104,047.24 for pavement slurry sealing on the same corridor; and $100,590 for separate traffic-calming and safety improvements near the North Redondo Beach Bikeway and along Flagler Lane.

The project originated from a referral by the former District 1 council member in late 2024. The city's Public Works, Safety and Sustainability Commission voted unanimously in favor of the project at its January 2025 and June 2026 meetings. Public comment at both meetings supported the bike lanes, according to the staff report.

Streetsblog Los Angeles noted that fewer than a dozen cities in Los Angeles County have installed similar concrete-curb-protected bike facilities. Redondo Beach built its first such facility, part of the beach bike path, in 2015.