Gilman Bridge during the day. Courtesy: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego.
The bridge was built as part of a series of transportation projects in the area. The effort was a partnership between the University of California San Diego, the San Diego Association of Governments, Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transit System, and the City of San Diego.
In a statement sent to NBC 7, a spokesperson for UC San Diego highlighted that one of the goals of the Gilman Bridge is to better connect different parts of the university s campus.
“All of these projects are part of a larger goal of enhancing the student experience, and creating a welcoming destination for students, patients, and the community,” said the spokesperson.
Third Avenue in downtown Chula Vista recently completed its multi-year facelift project.
Local officials and small business owners this month celebrated the completion of the streetscape improvement project that began nearly a decade ago.
The $14.1 million three-phase project includes better pedestrian access, an expanded bicycle parking, energy efficient lighting and drought-tolerant landscaping, as well as new medians among other traffic-calming measures.
Funding was provided by the San Diego Association of Governments, the TransNet program, the Third Avenue Village Association and the city.
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“Third Avenue is the heart of our historic downtown with shops, restaurants and many locally owned businesses,” Mayor Mary Casillas-Salas said. “That’s what we’re proud of, that they are locally owned by people who grew up in this area.”
Today s launch of the new Coaster locomotives and overhauled passenger cars underscores NCTD s commitment to its mission to deliver safe, convenient, reliable, and user-friendly public transportation services, Kranz said. This rollout is a huge step in improving Coaster services. The new Coaster locomotives will increase service reliability, improve the rider experience, and are more environmentally friendly.
A team gutted each overhauled coach one at a time before re-installing upgraded seats, carpet, upgraded LED lights and some charging stations. Each car then gets a new coat of paint in a new color scheme. The NCTD hopes to have all cars overhauled by 2026.
With a newly-elected mayor for the City of San Diego came the appointment of Kirby Brady as the city’s first Chief Innovation Officer (CIO). At the helm of the Performance and Analytics department, Brady is finding new ways to harness data and technology to create a more equitable community.
“Our team is really focused on taking the data that either we’re producing, by way of all the services that we provide, kind of transactional data, and also combining that with other datasets and really trying to provide additional insight, doing analysis and making this data, useful for us to inform operations and ultimately make the city function better,” Brady said.