Connect PB Summary Report

Crowdsourcing for Better Communities

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Beautiful PB Workshop Summary 212 ideas + proposed design solutions

summarized in four priority investment strategies:

Create a highly integrated network of diverse mobility

options

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Invest in safer and more connected pedestrian and

bicycle pathways

Focus on community-based solutions and innovations that are

uniquely PB

Improve the health and wellbeing of all residents

for this generation and all to come


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Beautiful PB Vision

Connect Pacific Beach by implementing a more sustainable transportation system that is safe,

comfortable, effective and beautiful. Guiding Principles 1. Safety and Access: Improve safety for all 2. Mobility Options: Provide viable mobility options for all, improve connections within PB & to adjacent communities, and reduce traffic congestion 3. Sustainable Transportation: Improve water quality, microclimate and reduce GHG’s 4. Community Identity: Create a stronger community identity through diverse placemaking strategies 5. Complete Streets: Provide safe and equitable travel options for all modes-pedestrian, cyclists/skaters, transit and automobile.

Crowdbrite Workshop

Let’s review the Vision and Guiding Principles…


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STATISTICS: Collaborative Brainstorm

212 ideas: 4 Major Themes

Mobility Options Create a highly integrated network of diverse mobility options

Sustainable Transportation Support the overall health and wellbeing of all residents through strategic development of the mobility network

Community Identity & Placemaking Focus on community-based solutions and innovations that are uniquely PB

Safe & Complete Streets Invest in better pedestrian and cyclist pathways

69 Issues

101 Opportunities

16 Best Practices

26 Big Ideas


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1. Create a highly integrated network of diverse mobility options A)  Network of safe walking, biking,

skating pathways within the community- Neighborhood Greenways

2. Focus on community-based solutions and innovations that are uniquely PB A)  Promote PB Parks Project to

improve placemaking and safe connections at Boardwalk & Mission Blvd

B)  Create dedicated space on existing buses for surfboards, bicycles and skateboards

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4. Improve the health and wellbeing of all residents through strategic development of the mobility network A)  People want to get out of their

cars if safe and efficient alternatives are provided! They would prefer to bike, shuttle or walk to main destinations than drive their cars.

3. Invest in better pedestrian and bicycle pathways A)  Create dedicated pathways for

all forms of transit: walkways for pedestrians, pathways for bikes, and dedicated lanes for cars and buses (sun runners)

Crowdbrite Workshop Neighborhood Greenway Network

Investment Strategies


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1. Create a highly integrated network of diverse mobility options A)  Develop a shuttle or loop line

to and from the Trolley stations and the beach

B)  Create an East/West and North/South circulator to connect transit stations to beach and back

2. Focus on community-based solutions and innovations that are uniquely PB A)  Implement a robotic golf cart

system from the Trolley stations to the Beach

B)  Build an aerial skywalk to move people safely from I-5 to the beach

3. Invest in better pedestrian and bicycle pathways A)  Reinforce safety by

highlighting pedestrian crossings, improve/widen sidewalks

B)  Create safe routes to future Balboa Trolley Station such as a pedestrian/bike bridge over I-5

4. Improve the health and wellbeing of all residents through strategic development of the mobility network A)  Reduce amount of vehicular

traffic throughout PB to tame traffic and reduce GHG’s

Crowdbrite Workshop Mobility Options

to Trolley Stations

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1. Create a highly integrated network of diverse mobility options A)  Create better car-less access to

the beach and main destinations in PB

B)  Provide shuttle transportation utilizing Grand Ave.

2. Focus on community-based solutions and innovations that are uniquely PB A)  Promote the unique surf

culture in PB through signage, way-finding and local art

B)  Work with local businesses in developing solutions on the main corridors that enhance the pedestrian experience

3. Invest in better pedestrian and bicycle pathways A)  Incorporate multi-use

pathways that are protected from vehicular traffic

B)  Invest in more bike parking with wider allowances for cruisers

4. Improve the health and wellbeing of all residents through strategic development of the mobility network A)  Incorporate sustainable design

within the street right of way (ie: drought tolerant planting in the median)

B)  Develop more seating/shade/beautification along the Boardwalk

Crowdbrite Workshop Mission Boulevard

Investment Strategies

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ConnectPB Phase 1 Results


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