CicLAvia 21 – Glendale Meets Atwater Village – Open Thread
| | 2 Comments
CicLAvia opened streets in Glendale and Atwater Village yesterday!
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Glendale
#DamienTalksSGV 13 – Amber Hawkes and a New Wayfinding Campaign
| | No Comments
Welcome back to #DamienTalksSGV. This week, we are discussing a best practice from outside the SGV, a new pedestrian wayfinding signage campaign in Glendale.The campaign combines traditional wayfinding with a call to action to get involved with Glendale’s process to develop a news pedestrian safety plan. Outreach for the campaign includes the signs, a social media […]
Glendale Stripes New Green Bike Lanes on Sonora Avenue
| | 3 Comments
The city of Glendale recently completed installation of green pavement bike lanes on Sonora Avenue. These are the first green bike lanes in Glendale. Glendale’s new green lanes run 1.3 miles from Garden Street to Glenoaks Boulevard. On the north end, the Sonora lanes connect with existing bike lanes on Glenoaks Boulevard. On the south […]
Walk Bike Glendale Tours Yummy Armenian Pastry Shops
| | No Comments
Last Saturday, Walk Bike Glendale hosted its second Pastry Walk event. Walk Bike Glendale advocates for a safe places to walk and bike in the city of Glendale. They host events and workshops, and press the city for new facilities, including Glendale’s Glendale Narrows Riverwalk park and its new planned bridges, and future bike lanes […]
The Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Project, Musings on Bridges as Destinations, and High Hopes for the New Citizen Advisory Committee
| | 7 Comments
I am sometimes puzzled by how disconnected an infrastructure plan can be from what is good for a community. Take the plans in the works to widen travel lanes to freeway standards along the Glendale-Hyperion bridge as part of the seismic retrofit it is about to undergo. In a video celebrating the upcoming project, Councilmember […]
A Freeway Cap Park in Glendale? City Council Hears Proposal Tonight
| | No Comments
For the most part, Glendale has received infrequent but positive coverage on Streetsblog Los Angeles. Following the “embedded activist” experiment with the Los Angeles county Bike Coalition and Colin Bogart as part of a County Department of Public Health grant proved a successful model for cities looking to embrace livability and the past couple of […]