Edison

Edison Safe Routes to School: MANGo Phase II 

The Edison Language Academy Safe Routes to School Project is an exciting step towards implementing the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) long term vision. The goals of the greenway improvements will aid students in walking and biking to and from the Edison Language Academy and improve the safety, comfort and accessibility of bicycling within the Pico neighborhood.

The project starts along 30th Street at Ocean Park Boulevard and connects west to Michigan Avenue through neighborhood streets. This project is consistent with MANGo’s four community goals:

1. Manage Traffic Speeds
2. Encourage Neighborhood Walking, biking and mobility
3. Create safe community space for all ages
4. Enhance greening and sustainable features.

The project design refinement process began by investigating improvements at the five project locations. The following three design elements were considered at these locations:

• Curb Extensions (i.e.  bulb-outs): Bulb-outs are areas where the curb is extended into the roadway at crossings. Bulb-outs improve the pedestrian experience by shortening crossing distances, increasing pedestrian visibility, slowing turning vehicles, and visibly narrowing the roadway to discourage high-speed traffic.

• Traffic Circle: A neighborhood traffic circle is a round central island around which vehicular and bicycle traffic circulates. Traffic circles reduce intersection conflicts and excessive vehicle speeds. Traffic circles can help to shorten the sight lines for drivers, focusing their vision on the current block on which they are traveling, increasing awareness of others on the road like pedestrians.

• Median Refuge/Diverter: A median refuge/diverter is an island built in a street intersection which allows for two-stage crossing of a busy street by cyclists and pedestrians.  It permits those crossing the street to negotiate one direction of traffic at a time, thereby making it easier to cross.

The plans below are the refined design concepts for the five improvement areas:

1. Pico Boulevard & 30th Street (Withdrawn pending further public review)
2. Stewart Street & Kansas Avenue (Updated February 22, 2017)
3. Kansas Avenue & 27th Street
4. Kansas Avenue Mid-Block
5. Delaware Avenue & 22nd Street (Updated February 22, 2017)

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