Eyes on the Street: Pasadena’s New Cordova Street Bike Lanes
From LA.Streetsblog.org
By Joe Linton
The city of Pasadena recently installed new bike lanes on Cordova Street. Pasadena’s 1.5-mile long Cordova Street Complete Streets Project includes about 0.9 mile of new bike lanes from Lake Avenue to Arroyo Parkway where Cordova ends – about a block from Metro’s Del Mar A (former Gold) Line Station. Space for the new bike lanes was freed up by reducing the number of car lanes, called a road diet.
The $2.7 million Cordova project also features road resurfacing, curb extensions at eight intersections, five new traffic signals, zebra crosswalks, sidewalk and ramp repair/replacement, and more.
The unprotected Cordova bike lanes are not quite as high quality a facility as Pasadena’s recently completed two-way protected Union Street bikeway; the Cordova lanes are unprotected, with a buffer throughout and green pavement at conflict zones, including through intersections. With green paint, buffers, smooth pavement, and fewer car lanes to contend with, the Cordova lanes are about as nice as unprotected bike lanes get.
Pasadena City’s map of its Cordova Street Complete Streets Project
