Roads & Infrastructure
Bird Rock Traffic Management, Parking & Traffic Calming
SANDAG Awards $400K Grant for Bird Rock Plan!
La Jolla Boulevard is in sad shape. Properties are run down and
rents are low. Landscaping is meager. Traffic zooms through at speeds
that are intimidating to those who try to park or walk across the
street. All this in the middle of Bird Rock, one of the nicest and
otherwise most cohesive neighborhoods in all of San Diego.
In April 2001, Councilman Peters worked with the Bird Rock Community
Council and convened "Bird Rock Week," a series of town
hall meetings to talk about possible solutions to these problems.
The consensus of those and other meetings was a desire for professional
help to determine a traffic calming plan and way to increase walkability
in and around the Bird Rock Village. Councilman Peters found the
resources to hire Dan Burden, a nationally recognized authority
on bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs, to help. Mr.
Burden has 25 years of experience in developing, promoting and evaluating
alternative transportation facilities, traffic calming practices
and sustainable community design. He served for 16 years as Florida's
State Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, and he presently works
as Executive Director of Walkable Communities, Inc., a non-profit
corporation helping North America develop walkable communities.
Mr. Burden and his firm have worked with the community to analyze
issues of traffic and speeds in the neighborhood, and developed
a plan around community input and the data from this analysis. The
proposed plan has three phases of improvements. Phase One would
include restriping a number of roads throughout Bird Rock to promote
better traffic conditions and behaviors. Phase Two involves reconstruction
of La Jolla Boulevard to include five "roundabouts," and
the reconstruction of La Jolla Mesa, Linda Rosa and Colima; as well
as other intersection improvements such as bulb outs and short medians.
Finally, Phase Three incorporates additional roundabouts and traffic
treatments around the neighborhood.
Bird Rock Traffic Calming and Traffic Management Plan (PDF: 5.8Mb)
Map of the Bird Rock Plan (PDF: 388K)
Councilman Peters' Article in the La Jolla Light on this subject.
Union Tribune article about the plan.
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