The newly-formed Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation has announced the visionary, ambitious Greenway 2020 plan to create a 51-mile Greenway along the Los Angeles River. LA River Corp is a public private partnership, and will acquire public and private money to improve the existing 26 miles of bike paths along the river and add 25 miles of new paths.
As a former resident of Los Angeles, I find this almost unimaginable. As a Washington state resident it makes me sad, because we’ll never see a public-private partnership on this scale as long as a certain Representative is running the State House. And prospects for this scale of a PPP in Seattle also seems remote. But I digress.
The Greenway 2020 mission is “to transform not only the river, but also how people engage with the river and the city.” The vision is “pedestrian and bike-friendly paths with bike shops, kayak rentals, and eateries along the way.” Learn more at their website.
Greenway 2020 is counting two already-existing projects as part of the plan: the La Kretz Crossing pedestrian bridge and NBCUniversal’s $13-million contribution to the bike path.
“The LA River is on fire lately,” says Curbed LA: “a recreation zone open for all manner of fun, a a new pedestrian bridge in the works, plans to rip out the concrete and restore 11 miles of the river, and, you know, sometimes there are actual flames, too.”
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Larry Ehl is the founder and publisher of Transportation Issues Daily. In the public sector, Larry was Federal Relations Manager for Washington State DOT; Chief of Staff to US Senator Slade Gorton; and was twice elected to the Edmonds School Board.
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