Santa Monica Cycle Path

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[[File:Santa_Monica_Cycle_Path_on_Washington_Boulevard_at_Western_Avenue,_looking_west,_Los_Angeles,_June_1900_(CHS-6413).jpg|thumb|Santa Monica Cycle Path on Washington Boulevard at Western Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 1900 ]]
The '''Santa Monica Cycle Path''', opened in 1900, was an 18-mile long, six-foot-wide, gravel [[Cycling infrastructure|bike lane]] running between the City of [[Santa Monica, California]] and downtown Los Angeles.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The Santa Monica Cycle Path is referred to as Los Angeles' first bike lane.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== History ==
The effort to fund the Santa Monica Cycle Path began in 1896, organized and built through the efforts of Bob Lennie and Joseph Ostendorff, owners of a bicycle shop located at the corner of Fourth and [[Main Street (Los Angeles)|Main streets]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Sectional_&_road_map_of_Los_Angeles_County_-_including_part_of_Orange_and_Ventura_counties,_showing_the_oil_and_mining_districts_LOC_2012592099.jpg|thumb|The Santa Monica Cycle Path is visible in this 1900 map of Los Angeles labeled cycle path.]]

== See also ==

* [[California Cycleway]]
* [[West Los Angeles Veloway]]

== References ==


[[Category:Bike paths in California]]
[[Category:Cycling in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:History of Santa Monica, California]]
[[Category:History of Los Angeles]]
[[Category:History of Los Angeles County, California]]

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