Dim view of Festival of Lights

Re “Festival of Lights dims DWP’s ‘green’ credibility,” Oct. 22

Thanks to The Times for giving credibility to those of us who would like to see some alternatives to the Festival of Lights configuration. Even if 2,500 to 4,500 cars visit the festival each night, the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s logic is still faulty. Those cars don’t all come at once. Even assuming each visitor stayed for an hour, that means 6,500 parking spaces over five hours (1,300 spaces in the L.A. Zoo parking lot, multiplied by five). If the DWP can’t handle a simple word problem, I have doubts about its ability to handle more complex tasks.

Tal O. Vigderson

Los Feliz

The writer is a board member of the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council.

For a city striving to become more green, eliminating the long line of idling cars waiting to view the Festival of Lights would be a step in the right direction. From Griffith Park’s entrance to where the Festival of Lights begins is a very slow drive. Having driven and walked through, walking the festival provides a better view of the lights, the holiday music sounds vibrant and the atmosphere is festive.

Al Moggia

Silver Lake