Petitioners Can Push for More Staying Power

Dear Traffic Talk:

I, along with many neighbors, would like to know why there is a two-hour parking limit on the east side of Nevada Avenue between Oxnard and Calvert streets in Woodland Hills.

Our neighborhood is a noncommercial area--where such restrictions are usually found.

The restriction poses problems for our daytime visitors.

For some reason, this is the only two-hour parking restriction for blocks around--with the exception of Oxnard Street--which is a relatively busy thoroughfare.

Calvert and Nevada, above the 6100 block, do not have this restriction either.

Susan Keating

Woodland Hills

Dear Susan:

Officials from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation checked records dating back five years and were not able to determine how the two-hour parking limit in your block was instituted, according to authorities.

More than likely, however, the limit was put in place as a result of a petition, said T.K. Prime, a spokesman for the parking enforcement section of the department.

He said the restriction can also be taken away through another petition which should be signed by the majority of the property owners in the block.

The petition can be taken to the department’s San Fernando Valley facility at 12544 Saticoy St., North Hollywood, Prime said.

The Parking Regulation Analysis section of the department--which eventually would handle the petition--is at 411 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles.

That office can also be reached by calling (213) 913-4620.

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Dear Traffic Talk:

I’m writing about what I consider to be an accident waiting to happen.

The Valley Circle interchange on the Ventura Freeway in Woodland Hills was recently completed.

While construction was going on, if you were traveling south over the Valley Circle bridge, in order to enter the freeway’s eastbound onramp, it was necessary to turn left on the bridge in front of oncoming traffic.

The completion of the freeway eliminated that left turn and provided an additional entrance just over the bridge to the right.

I think a conspicuous sign needs to be posted stating that no left turns are allowed.

Also, a few ticketed motorists might help to emphasize the danger of crossing over a double-yellow line in front of oncoming traffic.

Lila Arnold

Woodland Hills

Dear Lila:

Caltrans has installed delineators in between the northbound and southbound lanes of Valley Circle Boulevard, according to Pat Reid, a spokeswoman for the agency.

The delineators are expected to discourage motorists from making left turns in order to access the eastbound Ventura Freeway onramp, she said.

Motorists trying to access the eastbound onramp should turn right onto Calabasas Road and enter on the ramp that way, Reid said.

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