Reseda Boulevard, named Reseda Avenue until May 1929, is a major north–south arterial road that runs through the western San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Maintained by | Bureau of Street Services, City of Los Angeles |
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Location | Tarzana, Reseda, Northridge, Porter Ranch |
Nearest metro station | Reseda station |
South end | Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park |
Major junctions | Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana US 101 in Tarzana Victory Blvd. in Reseda Sherman Way in Reseda Roscoe Blvd. in Northridge Devonshire St. in Northridge SR 118 in Northridge |
North end | Sesnon Boulevard in Porter Ranch |
Reseda Boulevard runs approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the Santa Monica Mountains at the Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park in the south to the Santa Susana Mountains and Porter Ranch in the north. It passes through the community of Tarzana, passes Mulholland Park gated community and El Caballero Country Club, then continues into the flats of the Valley through the communities of Reseda and Northridge, passes the campus of California State University Northridge, and ends at Porter Ranch. The epicenter of the 1994 Northridge earthquake was approximately one block west of the Boulevard, in its namesake community of Reseda. Damage occurred throughout the San Fernando Valley though areas of more widespread destruction followed along the boulevard's northern course, including an apartment building which stood at the time, the Northridge Meadows Apartments, where 16 people died when the top two floors collapsed on the ground-floor apartments.[1]
(Order is from south to north)
Metro Local line 240 runs along Reseda Boulevard. Reseda also crosses the G Line at its station located at its intersection with Oxnard Street.
Reseda Boulevard is a targeted Vision Zero corridor and is included in Mayor Eric Garcetti's Great Streets Initiative which calls for protected bicycle lanes, bus boarding islands, hybrid protected left turn signals and improved bus shelters.
In 1977 the Los Angeles City Council failed to approve a plan to create a "Reseda to the Sea" link from the San Fernando Valley to L.A.'s Westside at Sunset Boulevard. Although no alternative plans were evaluated, the city continued to maintain an easement of the proposed alignment until at least 1991. This, along with an ongoing requirement that developers continue to dedicate and extend Reseda as far south as Mulholland Drive to improve fire safety, sparked criticism and protests by environmental and community activists.[2] As of 2019, Reseda Boulevard has not been extended to Mulholland Drive.
(The landmarks are ordered south to north)