title: Santa Monica Cycle Path
text: # Santa Monica Cycle Path
  
  The Santa Monica Cycle Path, opened in 1900, was an 18-mile long, six-foot-wide, gravel bike lane running between the City of Santa Monica, California and downtown Los Angeles. The Santa Monica Cycle Path is referred to as Los Angeles' first bike lane.
  
  ## 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 streets.
  
  