Mobility Element August 2015
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Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
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Existing Conditions As of early 2014, the City of Pasadena has approximately 82 miles of bike facilities. These include:
21 miles of bike lanes (Class II facilities).
61 miles of bike routes, including 34 miles of bike enhanced bike lanes. The enhanced routes include a 4" white edge line, bike route and "Share the Road" signage.
Bicycle Facility Types The Plan establishes four classes or categories of bikeways referred to as Class I, II, III and IV. Until recently the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) used three categories for bikeways. However, a fourth category, separated bikeways or cycle tracks, has recently been added to the classification. Refer to the California Streets and Highways Code (SHC) Section 890.4 for definitions of the four bikeway classifications defined in California.
Designation Facility Types Pasadena Designation Class 1: Off-Street Bike Path
Class 2: On-Street Bike Lane
Contraflow Bike Lanes
Buffered Bike Lanes
Parking Side or Curb Buffer
Travel Side Buffer
Combined Side or Double-Sided Buffer
Class 3: On-Street Bike Route Bicycle Boulevard Sharrows Greenways Roseways Class 4: Separated Bikeways (Cycle Tracks)
Two-Way Cycle Track
This document builds on the feasibility study and lays out an action plan for the installation of the buffered lanes, cycle tracks, and bike boulevards along 10 corridors.
1. Washington Boulevard from Forest Avenue to El Molino Avenue 2. Orange Grove Boulevard from south city limit to Sierra Madre Villa Avenue 3. Villa Street from Champlain Avenue to Hill Avenue 4. Union Street from Arroyo Parkway to Hill Avenue 5. Colorado Boulevard from Holliston Avenue to east city limit (buffered bike lane implementation only)
1. El Molino Avenue from north city limit to south city limit 2. Wilson Avenue from Washington Boulevard to Arden Road 3. Sierra Bonita Avenue from Washington Boulevard to Colorado Boulevard Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
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Craig Avenue from Casa Grande Street to Del Mar Boulevard 5.
Holliston Avenue from Union Street to Cordova Street
Bicycle Parking An important element of a bike program is available bike parking. Bike parking falls into two categories: short-term (usually less than two hours) and long-term, which can be hours or days. The City has over 1,000 racks for short-term bike parking along with bike lockers at a number of the Metro Gold Line stations. As part of the Bike Action Plan, the City will look at additional short-term parking as well as meet the needs for long-term parking at areas beyond the Gold Line locations. These will include new residential and commercial developments as well as bus stops, schools, libraries, and other civic buildings.
Bike Safety Education and Enforcement Safety Education Pasadena is undertaking a bicycle outreach program, targeting commuter bicyclists and service employees who ride bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. The safety campaign will be developed and implemented in 2015. To complement the safety campaign, the City has procured, distributed, and installed over 450 bicycle headlights and tail lights to bicyclists riding their bikes at night without lights. In addition, the City will distribute bicycle helmets and additional lights throughout the year. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Safety Administration. The City of Pasadena has an active campaign each May that includes not only a bike-to-work day, but a number of events held throughout the month. The intent of the month-long campaign is to increase awareness of bicycling, its benefits and impact, as well Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
Page | 20 as encourage bicycling across all segments of the population. The City will also focus efforts educating both bicycles and motorists an important aspect of being bike friendly. Bicyclists need to understand safe bicycling behavior and the basics of bicycle maintenance. They need to understand how to deal with traffic as well as pedestrians and other bicyclists. Motorists need to understand that bicyclists have the same rights that vehicle drivers have. Today, they need to understand safety rules, such as the 3- foot law.
Safe Routes to School Program The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program (www.saferoutesinfo.org) focuses on both education and infrastructure development with the goal of increasing the number of children who walk and bike to school on a regular basis.
Open Streets Events Open streets events have many names: Sunday Parkways, Ciclavias, Summer Streets, and Sunday Streets. These events have become increasingly popular across the County. In Southern California, these events have been hosted from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, Garden Grove, and San Diego. Los Angeles's events routinely attract over 100,000 participants and have encouraged large numbers of people who do not regularly ride a bike to come out and enjoy car-free city streets.
The City of Pasadena received an Open Streets Metro grant in 2014 and hosted the event on May 31, 2015.
4.6 Pedestrian Facilities Pasadena has taken great strides in creating a walkable environment. In recent years, the following pedestrian enhancements have been implemented: pedestrian signals on automatic recall rather than requiring a button to actuate the signal; “scramble” or diagonal crossings; and crosswalks enhanced with art designs, stamped R brick patterns, or ladder striping; pedestrian wayfinding signs.
The Pedestrian realm will be addressed through the following initiatives: Complete Streets, Specific Plans and the Pedestrian Plan. As the Department of Transportation prioritizes the implementation of Complete Streets, every street will be considered to create a better environment for walking. Several pedestrian design tools will be employed through the Form Based Street Design Guidelines to make city streets safe, attractive and accommodate pedestrians. Special attention will be given to crossings points and traffic calming.
4.7 Complete Streets In accordance with the California Complete Streets Act (AB 1358), the City of Pasadena City Council adopted the Street Types Plan in March 2013. The Street Types Plan supports the implementation of the following policy topic areas:
Streets should reflect neighborhood character and accommodate all users
Complete Streets: Streets should accommodate all users such as pedestrians, bicyclist, public transit, skateboarders and scooters.
Streets should reflect individual neighborhood character and needs, and support healthy activities such as walking and bicycling.
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