This Week In Livable Streets

NACTO, Glendora, Coast, NoHo to Pasadena BRT, and much more!

  • Monday through Thursday 10/1-4 – The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is hosting its Designing Cities 2018 conference in downtown L.A. For details see NACTO website.
  • Starting tonight Monday 10/1 – Metro is hosting a series of community input meetings on its planned North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Tonight’s meeting will be from 6-8 p.m. at Pacific Park Community Center at 501 S. Pacific Avenue in Glendale. Meetings continue Wednesday 10/3 at Pasadena Senior Center, Thursday 10/4 at Buena Vista Library in Burbank, and Saturday 10/13 at Eagle Rock Plaza. For details see The Source.
  • Tuesday 10/2 – Walk Eagle Rock is encouraging folks to attend a meeting of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council for a Metro presentation on planned Bus Rapid Transit. Details at Facebook event.
  • Friday 10/6 – Relámpago Wheelery is hosting another night of music and karaoke – to raise money for next year’s Bike!Bike! Details at Facebook event.
  • Saturday 10/7 – Women on Wheels will host a bike tour of the Glendora Bicycle-Friendly Business District as well as several local parks. The ride is for women and women-identifying persons. Details at Eventbrite or Facebook.
  • Sunday 10/8 – Santa Monica will host its Coast open streets festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free; streets are open for bicycling, walking, skating and other non-motorized activity. For details, see Santa Monica website.
  • Sunday 10/8 – The L.A. County Bicycle Coalition and the Crafty Pedal will host their Sunday Funday: A Haunted Pedal ride, meeting at 9 a.m. at the Crafty Pedal at 755B Valencia Street in Pico Union. Details at Facebook event.
  • Next week Wednesday 10/10 – Southern California schools will celebrate Walk to School Day.

Did we miss anything? Is there something we should list on future calendars? Email joe [at] streetsblog.org.

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

NACTO’s “Cities for Cycling”

|
"Cities for Cycling" is a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to document, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in U.S. cities. In this Streetfilm you’ll see how a typical visit can inspire, enlighten and energize city leaders & advocates. During bike month, experts from the transportation departments […]

Gold Line Foothill Extension: Station Planning Meeting

|
METRO GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY AND CITIES FROM GLENDORA TO MONTCLAIR TO HOST STATION PLANNING WORKSHOPS WHAT: Station planning workshop to learn the latest on the proposed Gold Line stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont, and Montclair. These six stations are part of the proposed 12.6-mile Foothill Extension project from […]