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Complete Streets in Canoga Park

Climate Resolve has worked with the community of Canoga Park on implementing new street designs they would like to see around the Metro Orange Line Station at Sherman Way.

Project Background

The project aims to address a number of concerns: improving biking and walking safety, capturing and managing water, reducing heat and its impacts, and providing community amenities. As extreme heat days become more frequent in the San Fernando Valley, it is especially important to incorporate designs that will decrease the urban heat island effect, enhance multimodal transit, and improve the lives of Angelenos. Climate Resolve, alongside StreetsLA, Alta Planning + Design, and Council District 3 have hosted a series of workshops near the Canoga Park Farmers Market at Owensmouth Ave., which is one of the streets with proposed designs.


This project secured the second largest grant in the history of the California Active Transportation Program (ATP). The project has also been awarded for planning excellence by the American Planning Association, Los Angeles Chapter.

Read the Full Report
Illustration of an urban cooling and mobility design with shaded pathways, cyclists, pedestrians, and cooling pavement patterns at Sherman Way Station in Canoga Park
Canoga Park outreach session showing Natalie presenting to a small group in a classroom setting, holding materials while a slide behind her reads “Addressing Transit Access and Heat in Canoga Park,” framed inside a circular graphic

What Design Strategies Use To Break The Cycle?
  • Shade Trees
  • Extended Planting Areas
  • First/Last Mile Facilities
  • Separated Bikeway Buffers
  • Cool Paving Areas

The Design Solution For Owensmouth Avenue
  • Dedicating more space to people, bikes, and plants
  • Closing network gaps
  • Maximizing greenery
  • Encouraging local traffic and minimizing congestion and conflicts
  • Incorporating cool paving
Before After The design solution for Owensmouth Avenuedesign for Owensmouth Avenue at Valerio Street

The Design Solution For Sherman Way
  • Maximizing greenery
  • Enhancing transit facilities
  • Enhanced bike facilities
  • Incorporating cool paving
  • Enhanced pedestrian facilities
Before After Current conditions on Sherman Way in Canoga Park showing a wide roadway with light traffic, sidewalks, and limited shade, highlighting existing urban street designConcept rendering of Sherman Way east of Canoga Avenue showing improved street design with protected bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, greenery, and safer multimodal transportation features

The design solution for Owensmouth Plaza between Wyandotte Street and Sherman Way
Before After View of Wyandotte Street in Canoga Park showing current roadway conditions with traffic signals, parked cars, sidewalks, and limited shade from street treesIllustration of an urban cooling street design on Wyandotte featuring shaded seating areas, trees, bike lanes, and pedestrian-friendly spaces to reduce heat and improve public space