In advance of the launch of the City of West Hollywood’s upcoming bike share program, WeHo Pedals, which is scheduled to be unveiled in summer 2016, the City will celebrate the completion of new bicycle lanes on Fairfax Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and inaugural bike ride.

The event will take place on Thursday, June 9, 2016; it will begin at 11 a.m. at Hollywood Electrics, located at 901 Fairfax Avenue. The ceremony will mark the opening of a continuous link between Hollywood Boulevard and Melrose Avenue for cyclists traveling in both directions along Fairfax Avenue. After the ceremony, at 11:30 a.m., the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition will lead a fun, inaugural “loop ride” on the new lanes.  

The event will also provide an opportunity for a preview demonstration of the City’s upcoming bike share program, WeHo Pedals, which is scheduled to launch in summer 2016. The program and the demonstration will be operated by CycleHop, LLC. The City’s bike share program is an exciting way that the City will expand local mobility options. Users will be able to find bike share bicycles near transit stops, businesses, and other major destinations within the City of West Hollywood. The system will also be linked to the Westside Regional Bike Share program, which includes the Cities of Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and will provide combined access to more than 1,000 bikes.

Additional information about the Fairfax Avenue bicycle lanes can be found at www.weho.org/fairfaxbikelane.

More information about bicycling in West Hollywood is available at /community/bikeweho.

For more information about the new Fairfax Avenue bike lanes or about the upcoming WeHo Pedals bike share program, please contact City of West Hollywood Senior Planner Tiffany Robinson at (323) 848-6868. For people who are deaf or hearing impaired, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.