http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-99 DAYMEN Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:52:00 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/#comment-99 Yeah, it was an especially annoying error because I had a whole paragraph on Beverly Glen and took it out... Yeah, it was an especially annoying error because I had a whole paragraph on Beverly Glen and took it out...

]]> http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Anonymous Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/#comment-98 Happy to see the corrected version! Given your excellent comprehensive reporting, my first thought was that you'd made an error. Thanks for making the change. Happy to see the corrected version! Given your excellent comprehensive reporting, my first thought was that you'd made an error. Thanks for making the change.

]]> http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-97 DAYMEN Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:40:00 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/#comment-97 A quick review of my notes shows you to be 100% correct. I've made a change above and apologize. A quick review of my notes shows you to be 100% correct. I've made a change above and apologize.

]]> http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Anonymous Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:34:00 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/01/15/westsiders-get-riled-at-picoolympic-meeting/#comment-96 Though the vast majority of your reporting on last night's meeting was accurate from my perspective, you made one very glaring error. John Fisher said more than once, in response to questions re: N/S traffic and neighorhood cut through, that DOT would be ramping DOWN the metering on Motor Avenue (much to the dismay of many adjacent community members who would prefer that Motor become the solution to the excess commuter traffic on the Westside). You reported "by limiting the left hand turns on intersections with smaller roads, north/south traffic will stay on larger roads such as Motor Ave." That is not at all what Mr. Fisher said. On the contrary, he reiterated on several occasions that DOT would be protecting Patricia, Prosser, Manning and Motor with left-turn light timing that would limit cut-through traffic on those RESIDENTIAL streets. Furthermore, he went into great detail to explain that residential streets will not be the recipients of spillover traffic from the Pico/Olympic proposal though the vast majority in the audience believe that is exactly what will result.<br/><br/>It's important to be accurate when you are reporting on a significant proposal, one that will impact thousands of businesses and residents. Though the vast majority of your reporting on last night's meeting was accurate from my perspective, you made one very glaring error. John Fisher said more than once, in response to questions re: N/S traffic and neighorhood cut through, that DOT would be ramping DOWN the metering on Motor Avenue (much to the dismay of many adjacent community members who would prefer that Motor become the solution to the excess commuter traffic on the Westside). You reported "by limiting the left hand turns on intersections with smaller roads, north/south traffic will stay on larger roads such as Motor Ave." That is not at all what Mr. Fisher said. On the contrary, he reiterated on several occasions that DOT would be protecting Patricia, Prosser, Manning and Motor with left-turn light timing that would limit cut-through traffic on those RESIDENTIAL streets. Furthermore, he went into great detail to explain that residential streets will not be the recipients of spillover traffic from the Pico/Olympic proposal though the vast majority in the audience believe that is exactly what will result.

It's important to be accurate when you are reporting on a significant proposal, one that will impact thousands of businesses and residents.

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