A couple takes advantage of the newly protected bike lane on Portola Drive on Tuesday. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A county worker restripes Portola Drive in Pleasure Point. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
Wave delineators offer added protection for the bike line on Portola Drive in Pleasure Point. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
The pink-and-purple curb extensions aim to make pedestrians more visible; in a permanent installation this would be a curb, Amelia Conlen of Ecology Action explained. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A flyer explains the project and plugs Friday’s official kickoff event on Portola Drive in Pleasure Point. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A county worker installs the wave delineators on Portola Drive in Pleasure Point. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
A county worker restripes part of the stretch of Portola Drive between 36th Avenue and 41st Avenue. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
“We are trying to collect as much survey data as we possibly can from the community about what they think about this project,” said Ecology Action’s Amelia Conlen. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz 
“The purpose is the bike lanes to try to make it more comfortable to increase the amount of people that actually use the bike lanes, and then same with the crosswalks,” said Russell Chen, a senior civil engineer with Santa Cruz County. “It’s all for pedestrian and bike safety.”
Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz
Kirsten Liske of Live Oak tries out the newly protected bike lane Tuesday on Portola Drive. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz
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