Everyone wants to live on a safe, quiet street. Residents always want people to drive slowly in front of their homes. Building safe greenways will slow down drivers on four neighborhood streets, and so will be very popular with residents who live along those streets.

The four streets planned as Greenways – El Molino, Wilson, Sierra Bonita, and Craig – are the four lowest-volume streets that cross the 210 freeway.  That makes them a natural choice for walking and biking.

The Greenways are fully funded by LA Metro Board! Creating safer streets won’t cost the Pasadena City Budget any money.

The Greenways have outstanding community support!  Over 1000 people have signed petitions of support and written over 270 comments.  Plus, 18 local organizations have endorsed All Ages & Abilities Greenways, including the PUSD school board, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, the Accessibility and Disability Commission, the Environmental Advisory Commission, and the Transportation Advisory Commission.

Greenways make streets safer while allowing access for cars and emergency vehicles.  Simple traffic calming, like speed humps with emergency vehicle cut-throughs, reduce speeding while providing access for everyone. Traffic diverters allow local access while reducing cut-through traffic.

The Greenways can’t cause traffic problems in the city, because they carry a tiny amount of traffic - just a few percent of north/south travel. Besides the greenways, Pasadena has 12 high-volume north/south streets that carry over 200,000 cars per day across the 210 freeway. Building the greenways will not change any of these 12 high volume streets and so traffic will still flow freely.

We are not fooled by misinformation from anti-safety advocates. City staff always plan for emergency vehicle access in any project. The greenways will allow residents to drive on them, so people can easily reach their homes. And, It is non-sense to think that slowing traffic on a few neighborhood streets will somehow cause traffic problems.

The current contract will BEGIN a design and public outreach process. We need to move the project forward to continue public outreach and create a design. Anti-safety advocates are trying to stop the process and shut down the public process. We should SUPPORT the current contract to move the Greenways forward. The Greenways have been in the city’s plans for 10 years and have been discussed at over 10 events. It is time to move them forward!

More information on the main Greenways Page.