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Glendale commission backs neighborhood safety upgrades despite residents' parking objections
Summary
The Glendale Transportation and Parking Commission on April 27 recommended council approve targeted neighborhood safety improvements (intersection realignments, curb extensions and bike lanes) after staff's parking study showed a net loss of three on-street spaces; residents argued the study missed nights/weekends and urged more outreach.
The Glendale Transportation and Parking Commission voted April 27 to recommend that the City Council approve a package of neighborhood safety improvements that includes intersection realignments, curb extensions and short stretches of new Class 2 bike lanes, even as several nearby residents urged the Commission to delay the plan because of parking loss and outreach concerns.
The recommended measures cover multiple intersections north of Glen Oaks Boulevard and adjacent to San Fernando Road; staff told commissioners the design would realign skewed intersections at Kellogg Avenue and Pelicanie Avenue, Cleveland Avenue and Glen Oaks Boulevard, and Grant Avenue and Omar Street, add curb-return extensions at Burchett Street and Pelicanie Avenue and install Class 2 bike lanes where right of way allows.
Why it matters: staff says the changes will improve driver visibility, shorten pedestrian crossing distances and reduce crash risk; nearby residents say the plan would worsen evening and weekend parking congestion and was presented to the community too late in the design process.
Staff said the parking analysis,…
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