Thu, Sept. 11 – Help Design a Better Cordova Street

Cordova street

Attention cyclists and walkers: Join the City of Pasadena Department of Transportation for Cordova Street Design Community Workshop and voice your opinion to help design a better Cordova.

The project has potential for painted “bike box” lanes, possible shared-lane markings called sharrows*, and rain gardens.

09/11/2014
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location
Pasadena Presbyterian Church

• Where do you want to see crosswalks?
• Where should the bike lanes be located?
• Should we have median landscaping or rain gardens, even with potential maintenance costs?
• Should we lower the design speed and speed limit?

*Sharrows are meant to show cyclists they are allowed in the main travel lane. They are used throughout the United States and Canada and usually appear on streets with on-street parking. Sharrows are meant to reduce accidents in which cyclists are struck by suddenly opened car doors, or  dodge the door and are struck by a vehicle overtaking them from behind. A sharrow on the surface of the road appears as a bicycle with two chevrons painted over it. They’re also known as “bike in a house.” They are also meant to warn drivers that cyclists are allowed to take the lane.