After six years of planning, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is finally preparing to begin construction this summer on a $20-million MyFigueroa project that will make enhance cycling and pedestrian infrastructure between Exposition Park and Downtown Los Angeles.

Per the website of LADOT's Bike Program, MyFigueroa will include the following elements:

Figueroa Street from 7th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

On-street protected bike lanes

Separate bike signal heads

Bike boxes at intersections

Demarcated on-street protected bicycle lanes in conflict zones

Bicycle Wrong Way signs to discourage travel in the non-intended direction

Bus platforms to accommodate transit service, including Metro and LADOT DASH F Line

Curb ramps from the sidewalk to ADA accessible bus platforms

Protected, painted on-street buffered bicycle lanes

Relocated parking between the bicycle lane and first lane of traffic

Diamond lane for on-peak Silver Line

Center turn lane and right turn pockets as needed

11th Street from Figueroa Street to Broadway

On-street parking that is protected with curb extensions at intersections

One-way westbound bicycle facility, separated from moving traffic by a painted buffer

Expanded sidewalks

Seating and planting on sidewalks

Pedestrian and bicycle connections to downtown, neighborhoods, and local businesses

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Figueroa Street to Vermont Avenue

Repaired sidewalk paving

Street lighting

Improved transit waiting areas

Highly visible crosswalk striping

Completion in scheduled for 2017.

The project will coincide with other transportation and infrastructure projects, include the proposed Downtown streetcar and similar streetscape improvements planned for 7th Street.