Pasadena Greenways Project Invites Community Input at July 27 and July 29 Meetings

The City of Pasadena will hold two community meetings in late July on its Greenways Project, a plan to calm traffic on four north-south neighborhood corridors, according to Councilmember Justin Jones’s July 18 District 3 newsletter.

The second in-person community meeting will take place on Monday, July 27, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Caltech Hameetman Center Multipurpose Room, located at 1200 E, California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125.

A virtual community meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom at the following link: bit.ly/GreenwaysVirtualCommunityMeeting.

The Greenways Project, led by the city’s Department of Transportation, targets four key north-south streets — El Molino, Wilson, Sierra Bonita and Craig avenues — that connect neighborhoods north and south of the 210 Freeway. The four corridors were identified in the city’s 2015 Bicycle Transportation Action Plan and examined further in a 2021 Greenways Feasibility Study. The city describes the effort as creating calmer streets that reduce speeding and improve safety for people walking, biking and rolling while maintaining neighborhood access and parking. According to the Department of Transportation, the corridors are meant to strengthen active-transportation connections across the freeway as part of a more connected citywide network.

The Greenways Project is part of a roughly $12 million active-transportation initiative that the Department of Transportation says is funded through a combination of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Measure R funds, the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, and local traffic-reduction fees. State AHSC funding supports a quick-build demonstration effort on Craig Avenue, and the city has said federal Safe Streets and Roads for All funding supports a separate quick-build demonstration on El Molino Avenue.

The project is being carried out in phases, beginning with conceptual and preliminary design informed by community input. According to the Department of Transportation, a later phase would advance and finalize the design plans before construction is advertised, a stage the city has said is expected to take up to 18 additional months.

The July meetings continue a community-outreach process the city launched earlier this summer. That process included a community-wide meeting on June 10 at the Jefferson Branch Library, 1500 E. Villa St., where the city said Spanish interpretation, refreshments and children’s activities were available. It also included a stop-by station at the Pasadena Victory Park Farmers’ Market on June 13 and a Craig Avenue walking workshop on June 27, both focused on shaping potential quick-build concepts for that corridor. City officials have said community members will have opportunities to weigh in at key design milestones before construction begins.

The Department of Transportation has said the Greenways are intended to connect neighborhoods to schools, parks, transit, businesses and Pasadena’s existing active-transportation network. The city has described the broader goal as supporting safer, more comfortable walking, biking and rolling throughout Pasadena.

Residents can learn more about the project and the upcoming meetings through the city’s Greenways webpage.