The corridor would include improvements to Riverdale Drive between San Fernando Road and Central Avenue, as well as Maple Street between Central Avenue and Verdugo Road, according to city reports.
The Riverdale/Maple Bicycle and Pedestrian Enhancements Project will be discussed in greater detail at a community meeting 7 p.m. June 10 at Pacific Park, Bogart said.
It would be the physical arm of the larger “Safe and Healthy Streets Plan,” which is part of three-year, $305,000 bicycle coalition grant awarded to Glendale in March.
Other aspects of the plan include education about walking and cycling safely, improving public health, creating a bicycle and pedestrian advisory board and street improvements.
But Bogart said the plan needs community stakeholders who will help get the word out. He also needs feedback on locations for bike racks in the city.
“You are my elite squad,” he told the group.
Glendale resident Nathalie Winiarski started helping Bogart to get information about the plan to other residents after she noticed that her 78-year-old father, who is an avid cyclist, was having trouble hearing and worried about his safety on the streets.
Her father bikes three to four times a week from east Glendale to Griffith Park. Winiarski, also a cyclist, said she wants to make sure the streets are safe to ride on for her and her father.
“It’s a huge, huge issue,” she said.
Cycling on Glendale streets can be risky because, she said, many motorists speed and drive recklessly, a habit reflected in the city’s abysmal pedestrian-vehicle accident rate.
As a volunteer, she said she hopes to educate pedestrians, other cyclists and motorists about sharing the road with one another.
“It’s just so important that we have something in place,” Winiarski said.
Anyone with suggestions on bike rack locations can call Bogart at (818) 334-9731, or e-mail colin@la-bike.org.
