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Area Cities, Wowed by CicLAvia Pasadena, Consider Their Own “Golden Streets” Bicycle Festival

Published on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | 6:04 pm
 

On the heels of last weekend’s highly successful CicLAvia Pasadena event, South Pasadena and other neighboring cities are considering staging an event next year dubbed the “Golden Streets Festival” which would mimic CicLAvia.

South Pasadena City Council members are expected to address in coming weeks the concept for the 2016 Golden Streets Festival, scheduled to depart from South Pasadena next spring.

The concept would celebrate the Gold Line light rail extension opening to Azusa.

South Pasadena officials are highly aware of the CicLAvia event, which was a huge success last Sunday as about 40,000 reportedly took part in the event.

The idea of creating a bike ride along the lines of the successful CicLAvia events has been in the making for about two years.
In the spring of 2014, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) released request for proposals designating $2 million in competitive funding for Los Angeles County cities to host “Open Streets” events.

The City of South Pasadena submitted an application with Bike San Gabriel Valley (BikeSGV), a non-profit bicycling advocacy group, to host an open streets event that would traverse approximately 18.5 miles, through at least eight jurisdictions, and coincide with the grand opening of Metro’s Gold Line Foothill extension to Azusa.

About a year ago, Metro awarded $393,600 to the City for the San Gabriel Valley Golden Streets Festival.

In preparation for the Golden Streets Festival, South Pasadena and other cities including San Gabriel are evaluating whether Saturday or a Sunday is preferable, the best start time, routing preferences, and public safety staffing costs.

Two alternative routing options have been suggested in South Pasadena:

One, starting at the Mission/Meridian Gold Line station; heading east along Mission Street to Route 66/Fair Oaks Avenue; heading south to Huntington Drive, and east along Huntington Drive. The route would start at the Mission/Meridian Gold Line station; head east along Mission Street to Garfield Avenue; head south along Garfield Avenue to Huntington Drive; and then east along Huntington Drive.

A second, starting at Garfield Park; then heading west along Mission Street to Diamond Avenue; heading south along Diamond Avenue to El Centro Street; heading west along El Centro Street to Meridian Avenue; heading north along Meridian Avenue to the Mission/Meridian Gold Line station; and then taking the Gold Line to the next stop.

South Pasadena planners reportedly estimate city costs at $66,500, for police, public works and staff time.

The current Metro Open Streets Grant includes a 20% local match. If the funds are distributed equally among the eight cities, each city would receive $49,200 and be required to contribute $9,840 for the local match (providing a total of $59,040 per city). These funds would be used to offset the cost to the City. However, additional funding will be required to fund the event. BikeSGV is currently exploring co-sponsorship and partnership opportunities.

 

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