Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pasadena

Pedestrian Friendly Ralphs Needed for Pasadena

By Brigham Yen | Jan 14, 2011 | 11 Comments

Back in Jan 2010, I wrote about my disdain for the current suburban-styled Ralphs supermarket that sits in the middle of Pasadena’s urban downtown financial district along Lake Ave. This particular Ralphs that many of us Pasadenans shop at is surrounded by anti-pedestrian characteristics that actually harm the built environment as it pertains to pedestrian […]

Reminder! “Planning the Future of Our Streets” in Pasadena This Tuesday

By Damien Newton | Jan 14, 2011 | No Comments

(Note: KPCC, who runs the Crawford Family Forum, wants you to RSVP for the event to make sure we’re not “sold out.” The event is free and open to the public. You can RSVP by clicking here.) “Planning the Future of Our Streets,” the interactive presentation on sidewalks and urban planning being held at the […]

As the Rain Falls, Pasadena Talks Road Diet on Cordova Street

By Damien Newton | Dec 21, 2010 | 8 Comments

(Brigham Yen is a real estate agent and voice for sustainable transportation based in the city of Pasadena. We’ve always welcomed his comments in the comments section, and double welcome his coverage of the Cordova Road Diet meeting last night. What did I tell you yesterday? We’re going to start moving in to Pasadena in […]

Bad News from Governor, Courts on 710 Expansion Near Pasadena

By Damien Newton | Oct 28, 2009 | 6 Comments

You know what this highway needs? More travel lanes. Photo: Big Mike Lakers/Flickr Opponents of expanding the I-710 near Pasadena to connect the road to the I-210 received a double dose of bad news in recent weeks from both the courts and our environmental governor. First, Governor Scwarzenegger, between lecturing his wife about safe driving, […]

Draft Pasadena Bike Plan Maps Released

By Joe Linton | Oct 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

This image, via CICLE/Flickr, is from this year’s Bike Week Pasadena. Last night, the city of Pasadena hosted a public input meeting for its new bike plan. The big news at the meeting was the release of a draft map of proposed bikeway facilities. Though that map is not yet posted on-line, the city’s Senior […]

Pasadena Thinking of Taking a Car-Lane for Bikes and Peds. at Rose Bowl

By Damien Newton | Jul 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

Pasadena proposes turning the Rose Bowl Circle which currently has two car lanes into one that is friendlier for cyclists, pedestrians and people that want to be outside. A couple of years ago, the City of Pasadena considered banning bicycles from what they’re now calling the "Rose Bowl Recreation Loop" because of the conflict being […]