G Line Bikeway

The G Line Bikeway is a cycle route in Los Angeles County, California, that runs for 17.9 miles (28.8 km) and “spans the lengths of the San Fernando Valley’s major communities” from Chatsworth to Valley Glen, “connecting such places as Pierce College, the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, the Van Nuys Government Center and Valley College.”

The G Line Bikeway's “seventeen-point-nine miles of exclusive, smooth, and lush active mobility glory” runs alongside the G Line bus rapid transit route. The G Line Bikeway is one of two major bicycle routes in Los Angeles that share dedicated rights-of-way with public transport, the other being the Expo Bike Path in west L.A.

The Class I off-street bike path section of the Bikeway runs from Chatsworth station to just east of Valley College station. The 2 mi (3.2 km) section on Chandler Boulevard is a Class II on-street bike lane (beginning on the west between Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Fulton Avenue, near the Ethel Avenue crossing, and continuing to North Hollywood station on the east).

UCLA cycling advocates named the G Line Bikeway one of the “six best places to bike in L.A.” One guide to Los Angeles cycling notes, “While the path provides a traffic-free, safe ride, users have to stop when crossing streets that run perpendicular to it. For cyclists, stopping every so often reduces their overall ability to maintain the flow of an uninterrupted ride. That’s why the Orange Line Bicycle Path is suitable for casual, recreational riding [more so than] hardcore cycling or training.”

At Chatsworth station, the bikeway connects to the 1.6-mile-long (2.6 km) Browns Creek Bike Path. The bike path also connects readily to the bike paths of the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area. Because of the long reach of the extended path, this route has been called a “San Fernando Valley commuter corridor” and “the crown jewel of San Fernando Valley bike infrastructure.”