Based on the city’s Walnut Road Safety Audit, on page 84 of the linked document, we are encouraging the city to design and fund the projects below.
Low to medium complexity projects in the near term:
- Buffered bike lanes between Jack London and Circle to keep cyclists safe
- Curb extensions at the Glenridge/Witham Hill intersection to shorten crossing distances
- Pedestrian exclusive phases at intersections to reduce conflict between pedestrians and cars
- Increased crossings throughout the corridor to align with neighborhood bikeways and bus stops and to discourage dangerous crossings between intersections that are very far apart on Walnut
High complexity projects for the future:
- Protected bike lanes along the corridor with physical separation from car traffic lanes in the form of vertical barriers, especially in areas that represent a high risk to cyclists or are necessary for Safe Routes to School
- Addition of pedestrian refuges or islands at Jack London, 25th Street, and between 29th and Aspen
- Protected intersections or roundabouts at Highland and Walnut and at Kings and Walnut
Safer Walnut 