After months of public outreach, MayorToddGloria settled on a new design for Park Boulevard that removes a car lane in each direction and all but 67 parking spaces. The changes are set to take effect in December after a pipeline replacement project.
The city is also planning on adding roughly 100 new parking spaces to Balboa Park's west mesa after the resurfacing of Balboa Park Drive.
City spokesperson Anthony Santacroce said the Park Boulevard project should be completed in December"ahead of the holiday season so that the increase in visitors in the area can benefit from the transportation safety and efficiency improvements that this project will bring." Cyclists, transit riders and climate activists had been rallying support for a slightly different design of Park Boulevard, called"Option D," that would have removed all street parking and installed protected bike lanes and a continuous, uninterrupted bus-only lane. The street serves two of the most popular MTS bus routes — routes 7 and 215 — which can sometimes face delays because of congestion through the park.
Monica de la Cruz, a Golden Hill resident who spoke at several meetings in support of Option D, said the bus lanes will help keep public transit on schedule. "We hear constantly in San Diego, 'Transit is not good enough, I can't rely on it,'" de la Cruz said."Something as simple as bus rapid transit is going to get people where they need to go on time, faster."
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