Comments on: Walkingabout Pasadena http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/comment-page-1/#comment-359 M Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:41:04 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/#comment-359 I was sad I wasn't able to make it out to this event. I ride the Gold Line into Pasadena for work and walk all around the city most days during lunch and to do many of my errands. I would say most of my experiences are in line with what was said in this post. I love the trees on Green St in the summer. Any walking near the freeways or the exits/entrances sucks. Getting stuck at the train signals trying to cross in the direction that cars are stopped from moving is annoying. Did they mention anything about the crazy construction schedules recently? The closures are constantly changing which also makes car drivers way less aware of pedestrians and pedestrians have to walk in odd places to get around the construction. My walk from the Gold Line station to my work has been under construction to some degree since we moved into the building over a year ago. I was sad I wasn’t able to make it out to this event. I ride the Gold Line into Pasadena for work and walk all around the city most days during lunch and to do many of my errands. I would say most of my experiences are in line with what was said in this post. I love the trees on Green St in the summer. Any walking near the freeways or the exits/entrances sucks. Getting stuck at the train signals trying to cross in the direction that cars are stopped from moving is annoying.

Did they mention anything about the crazy construction schedules recently? The closures are constantly changing which also makes car drivers way less aware of pedestrians and pedestrians have to walk in odd places to get around the construction. My walk from the Gold Line station to my work has been under construction to some degree since we moved into the building over a year ago.

]]> By: Deborah Murphy http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Deborah Murphy Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:18:37 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/#comment-323 Zane thanks for catching my error about Walnut Street, the one way street comments are about Union Street. All the other comments about Walnut apply to Walnut.I agree that a Walkabout in every community in Los Angeles County is necessary, all we need is the leadership and commitment from those communities to want to make places for people and not just cars, I think that we are ready. Zane thanks for catching my error about Walnut Street, the one way street comments are about Union Street. All the other comments about Walnut apply to Walnut.I agree that a Walkabout in every community in Los Angeles County is necessary, all we need is the leadership and commitment from those communities to want to make places for people and not just cars, I think that we are ready.

]]> By: Zane Selvans http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Zane Selvans Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:51:49 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/#comment-316 Glad to see that Pasadena is under your purview! It's a minor nit... but I think the one way street you're talking about that isn't Green is actually Union, not Walnut (Union runs to the west, one block north of Colorado, while Green runs to the east, one block south of Colorado). Glad to see that Pasadena is under your purview! It’s a minor nit… but I think the one way street you’re talking about that isn’t Green is actually Union, not Walnut (Union runs to the west, one block north of Colorado, while Green runs to the east, one block south of Colorado).

]]> By: Fred Camino http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Fred Camino Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:20:48 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/04/walkingabout-pasadena/#comment-315 Wow, great report. I think every neighborhood needs to have a walkabout to asses its pedestrian friendliness. The fact that Pasadena is doing this, and it is probably one of the most walker friendly zones in the entire region, speaks volumes of the city and its residents. Sad about that Gold Line in the middle of the freeway. Yuck. Wow, great report. I think every neighborhood needs to have a walkabout to asses its pedestrian friendliness. The fact that Pasadena is doing this, and it is probably one of the most walker friendly zones in the entire region, speaks volumes of the city and its residents.

Sad about that Gold Line in the middle of the freeway. Yuck.

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