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Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub
From 1965-1974, when the state started buying up land through eminent domain for and pushing out residents, more than 4,000 residents were displaced and and more than 1,500 homes were destroyed.
January 21, 2022
Pasadena Canceling Grade Separation Gives Metro Another Chance to Do Right with 710 Funding
With Pasadena seeking to moving funding around, what projects Metro chooses to fund will be an early test of whether or not culture change is taking root
October 27, 2021
Metro Completes Design for 210 Freeway Crash Barrier to Keep Trucks Off Gold Line
The six-mile 210 Freeway barrier through Pasadena and Arcadia costs $425M. If funded, it could be completed in 2028.
September 9, 2021
Metro Committee Approves Colorado Blvd for Eagle Rock Bus Rapid Transit
The 134 Freeway alignment is off the table, but overall Colorado Boulevard lane configuration is still to be determined
May 20, 2021
Pasadena Studying Four North-South Bike Boulevard Corridors
Further findings will be shared this summer, with implementation to eventually be developed as capital projects
April 30, 2021
Community-Led ‘Beautiful Boulevard’ Plan Puts Bus Rapid Transit into a Walkable Downtown Eagle Rock
The Beautiful Boulevard proposal would retain mean great BRT, while keeping Colorado Boulevard's median, and upgrading walkability and bikeability.
February 19, 2021
Metro North Hollywood-to-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Meetings Tonight and Saturday
For the contentious stretch through Eagle Rock, Metro's alternatives are inadequate
November 12, 2020
Pasadena Nudges Drivers to Slow Down, Share Streets with Bicyclists and Pedestrians during COVID-19
Pasadena's "three-tiered campaign is a reminder that roads are multi-modal and are meant to be safely shared by all” per Transportation Director Laura Cornejo.
May 14, 2020
Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Loop Re-Opens to Walking and Bicycling
Mayor Tornek: "if the social distancing doesn’t work, then we’re going to be back to ground zero on this.”
May 13, 2020
Pasadena Re-Examining Key Environmental Metric – Vehicle Miles Traveled
Pasadena is looking at a key planning tool "Vehicle Miles Traveled," with big implications for walkability, bikeability, transit, and housing
January 13, 2020