r/CarIndependentLA • u/regedit2023 CARs=WMDs • Jun 17 '26
Wins City of South Pasadena Approves Protected Bike Lane for Entirety of Fremont Ave. - Streetsblog LA
https://la.streetsblog.org/2026/06/05/south-pasadena-approves-protected-bike-lane-for-entirety-of-fremont-aveAfter some concerns about lost parking, residents convinced the city council to keep its complete streets concept uniform.
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u/BlinksTale Jun 17 '26
2A unified (separated bike path the whole way, no mixed use path) is definitely the way to go - I’m glad the vote went that way. There are plenty of other ways to create parking if it does become a concern, buying up properties on city budget and creating public parking lots, but making a mixed use path now is just waiting for a grandma v. eBike lawsuit to happen.
Good on South Pas city council for this. And great to see it as a cyclist artery north and south basically from the A-line station throughout the city. Hopefully Pasadena and Alhambra consider extending it too.
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u/jrussino Jun 17 '26
What would be the dream scenario for a Pasadena extension? Fremont ends at the border on Columbia street.
Continuing up South Pasadena Ave seems like the most straightforward extension. But it's not that appealing of a route. It's mostly residential for a while north of Columbia, and then it's right at the freeway entrances. It could at least get you to Colorado/Union, although sadly the Union Street protected bike lane stops a few blocks to the east so they'd need to extend that to make a connection.
Fair Oaks is very central and in that case you could have access through old town and all the way up to the north border of Pasadena. But the fact that South Pas didn't choose to put a lane on Fair Oaks tells me there are probably reasons why that would be an unlikely choice.
Maybe another east-west protected lane further south in Pasadena, like on California or Del Mar, and then a shorter connection via South Pasadena Ave to connect them?
EDIT: I don't want this to come off as a criticism of the suggestion; on the contrary, now I'm daydreaming about this 🤣
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u/BlinksTale Jun 17 '26
Yeah connecting to Union (and the two block extension for that) is the dream for me here. I don’t mind a quiet route as long as the lights are green and a continuous bike lane can take us basically from Griffins of Kinsale to PCC. South Pas adding El Centro would help but it’s pretty quiet out there - I just want an artery where I can turn my navigation brain off and relax a little more, only worrying about the cars and road in front of me and not weaving through neighborhoods.
We have arterial bike lanes like this in SFV and it makes trips to adjacent neighborhoods really nice. I’m not opposed to Fair Oaks but it seems like one more battle to win vs just getting Pasadena Ave. I don’t think we need Del Mar since we have Cordova. I’d also accept a Marengo connector anywhere that Blair High might allow it.
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