The community of Eagle Rock in Los Angeles, CA lies along the busy Colorado Boulevard.  Lined with historic buildings, the area has in recent years been revitalizing old auto shops and junk stores to become dance studios and independent coffee shops.  As more people walk and ride along the busy thoroughfare, however, street safety has become an important issue.  Recently community members gathered to discuss plans to make the corridor safer and more accessible:

At the first TBTB public meeting, which took place in September 2011 and attracted about 100 people, the presentation shed light on numerous changes that could be made to Colorado Boulevard to better serve the surrounding community. Thursday night’s meeting was much more hands-on.

Community members at each table examined various views of present-day Colorado Boulevard, bounced ideas off each other, pinpointed areas of concern and marked diagrams with features that could be added or subtracted to improve the busy street.

Toward the end of the workshop, each of the four sub-groups presented the ideas they came up with.

Here’s how the groups were divided: Area 1:Glendale Freeway to Eagle Rock Boulevard; Area 2: Eagle Rock Boulevard to Argus Drive; Area 3: Argus Drive to Dahlia Drive; Area 4: Dahlia Drive to Ave 64/Pasadena City Limit.

Val Zavala, a KCET anchor who lives in Eagle Rock, brainstormed with one of two groups working on Area 4. Zavala’s group liked the idea of implementing “bulbouts,” which widening the curb at specific points by jutting out into the street, and creating a bike lane along this section of the boulevard.

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