North Beach Trail, Santa Monica Coastal Promenade, California Landscape Design, USA Architecture Photos
North Beach Trail in Santa Monica
Mar 3, 2021
North Beach Trail
Architects: SWA Group
Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
An Artful Approach to Safety: SWA Group Upgrades North Beach Trail, Popular Coastal Promenade in Santa Monica

Designers incorporated wayfinding and place-making features to improve safely and artfully accommodate pedestrians and cyclists along the North Beach Trail

SWA Group announces the renovation and upgrade of North Beach Trail, a popular beach pathway along two miles of Santa Monica?s coastal promenade.

Landscape architects at SWA Group collaborated with City of Santa Monica staff, KPFF civil engineers, Alta Planning + Design to widen and enhance the promenade to more safely and artfully accommodate pedestrians and cyclists.
The promenade attracts tourists, cyclists, and pedestrians, all eager to experience the city?s renowned beach culture. An unfortunate side-effect of the promenade?s popularity is the danger resulting from shared narrow pathways with different modes and speeds of travel in addition to the distractions by the many attractions in the area.

Central to the improvements was the separation of cyclists and pedestrians through the widening and upgrading of a shared, deteriorating asphalt trail from the base of the iconic Santa Monica Pier north to Will Rogers State Beach, where the city?s jurisdiction ends.

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