Placing the blame for gridlock
Re “Unsnarling traffic can be a mess,” Opinion, March 2
Marc Haefele ignores a number of businesses on Pico in the congested path adjacent to Century City that would suffer devastating effects from the traffic plan proposed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and L.A. City Councilman Jack Weiss. Haefele should have done some research to determine what actually contributes to the gridlock and why Weiss and the mayor are partly to blame for it.
Both have supported mammoth, traffic-generating developments that bring many thousands of cars to this clogged area without requiring the adequate infrastructure to accommodate the traffic. Both supported approvals containing zoning variances and exemptions, ignoring community plans and environmental laws designed to prevent the very impacts they now wish to address.
They favor this plan in spite of strong opposition from neighborhoods, businesses and even the council’s Transportation Committee.
Why should the opponents be the victims of Band-Aid solutions to systemic, citywide problems while large developers continue to get approvals for their projects that create this gridlock? Isn’t it the job of elected officials to adopt sound planning practices to prevent the gridlock that has brought our city to a halt?
Lucie Bava
Los Angeles
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