Your big fix: traffic
What should L.A. do to fix traffic?
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ONEWAY STREETS FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. SET THE SIGNALS TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING. MONORAIL IS THE ONLY WAY ,COST IS MUCH LOWER THAN A SUBWAY.
RONALD WATSON @ 11:23 PM PST, Jan 12, 2008
Here's a radical idea: don't pick one solution, pick many! Two extra ideas: flexiable working hours, and business location. If some people started at 8am or 10am, rather than everyone at 9am, that would reduce congestion for everyone. Also, do zoning to allow the occasional block of offices in otherwise residential nieghbourhoods. That way, everyone isn't travelling to/from downtown at the same time. The overall point is that solving congestion takes lots of little things with small effects that add up, not one big "magic" idea.
Tom Willis @ 8:04 AM PST, Dec 28, 2007
I have a proposal to use small electric cars (SEC) that are recharged automatically when parked at a public transit staion. Subscribers to the system pick up an SEC at their destination to use as needed. They use an SEC at home for small errands, and charge overnight at home.. This removes most gas burning cars from transit and frees the freeways. How can I get the full proposal to you?
Martin Shephard @ 5:36 PM PST, Dec 27, 2007
Lace up and head out... Sorry Charlie. "Portland, Ore., have a well-developed system of bike paths and dedicated bike lanes, making commuting easy and safe..." There have been 3 bicycle deaths in the last 6 months and it's on the rise. When the bicyclists went to the police for being treated unfairly, police reported over half of the bicycle accidents were because of bikers breaking the law, not the motorist. Let's tax bicyclists, not gasoline several hundred dollars a year to keep bike paths open and bike racks on busses and trains. Biking sounds good, But look under the "tires"...It's not that pretty!
Dave in Portland @ 3:32 PM PST, Dec 27, 2007
I actually like making Prop 13 portable for those who move closer to work or work at home at new address but don't see how to enforce that. Must make more major thoroughfares parking free like in NYC/London etc. even if it upsets some people like those opposed to the Pico/ Olympic one way effort going on now. It's been done on Wilshire Blvd. and there merchants have learned to build parking with their structures. For now allowing customers of shops on Pico some sort of off-street pkg/ temp permits might help. Municipal pkg lots like inBev Hills needed. Add left turns. Include Bev Hills in these plans
jane @ 2:18 PM PST, Dec 27, 2007
FIRE METRO!!! They spend a ludicrous amount of tax $$ for unforgivably poor service of freeways AND transit. Less than 20% of LA County's population goes downtown even once a month, but 70% of the bus service is routed there--WTF!! Metro doesnt even do most of the workit contracts half its bus lines to companies like 1st Transit! We need a GRIDDED system of rail/monorails at 3-5 mile intervals across SoCal, with a bus system based on smaller shuttles to get people from their home/work them. We should hire a firm to redesign all transit service, and then hire contractors to provide the service we want for a SET FEE, plus half the fares.
Sheryl @ 10:24 AM PST, Dec 27, 2007
How about some real competition from private jitneys lacing through all parts of the city, just like in most other cities in the world. 1000s of converted Toyota-type vans carrying up to 12 passengers would give private entrepreneurs work, supply needed competition to the state-run system, and reduce the need for every adult to have a car to take full advantage of city life.
roy Krausen @ 9:16 AM PST, Dec 27, 2007
To fix traffic, L.A. should do the following: 1. Move parking off-street on major arteries, and build underground parking structures along those routes, with parks on top. 2. Adopt an extensive bus rapid transit network, so we get the benefits of subways at a fraction of the price and get those benefits now, not 20 years from now. 3. Amend the laws that deter people from moving closer to work. For example, we should make Prop 13 "portable" for people moving closer to work, and allow "instant mixed-use" zoning to turn the upper stories of office and retail buildings into residential units for people moving closer to their jobs.
Walter Moore @ 8:30 AM PST, Dec 27, 2007