Westside traffic mess
Re “Waxman Rethinks Tunneling Ban,” Nov. 29
Before Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky start taking bows for resurrecting the Wilshire Boulevard subway, let’s remember their failure of vision and leadership 20 years ago.
Then-Los Angeles City Councilman Yaroslavsky had no problem pushing construction of the Westside Pavilion and Beverly Center, now major contributors to West L.A. traffic, while he simultaneously grandstanded the passage of the countywide subway funding ban.
Here’s proposing that traffic reporters announce “Zev” alerts when they encounter Yaroslavsky’s gift to our traffic mess.
JOHN P. NEWMAN
Los Angeles
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