1. Beautiful PB Workshop Summary
Crowdsourcing for Better Communities
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212 ideas + proposed design solutions
summarized in four priority investment strategies:
Create a highly integrated
network of diverse mobility
options
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4
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Focus on community-based
solutions and
innovations that are
uniquely PB
Invest in safer and more
connected pedestrian and
bicycle pathways
Improve the health and
wellbeing of all residents
for this generation and all
to come
2. Crowdsourcing for Better Communities
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Crowdbrite Workshop
Let’s review the Vision and Guiding Principles…
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.
3. Crowdsourcing for Better Communities
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STATISTICS:
Collaborative Brainstorm
212 ideas: 4 Major Themes Mobility Options
Create a highly integrated network of diverse
mobility options
Community Identity & Placemaking
Focus on community-based solutions and
innovations that are uniquely PB
Safe & Complete Streets
Invest in better pedestrian and cyclist pathways
Sustainable Transportation
Support the overall health and wellbeing of all
residents through strategic development of the
mobility network
69 Issues
101 Opportunities
16 Best Practices
26 Big Ideas
4. Crowdsourcing for Better Communities
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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
A
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)
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.
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
B
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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
C
