Comments on: Colleges and High Schools Act to Keep Cars Off Campus http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/12/colleges-and-high-schools-act-to-keep-cars-off-campus/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Browne http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/12/colleges-and-high-schools-act-to-keep-cars-off-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 Browne Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:41:42 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/12/colleges-and-high-schools-act-to-keep-cars-off-campus/#comment-1952 They should implement this on LA college campuses (that are transit friendly, lots campuses in LA are transit unfriendly, my old school Mt St Mary's in Brentwood if I wanted to leave the campus for non school related items you had to go up and down this winding dangerous hill with blind spots, driving a car up it was dangerous, riding a bike up it was dangerous, walking on it was dangerous.) Heck they should implement this on high school campuses. Almost all high schools in LA have parking lots for students, why? I remember driving for five minutes to get to school, when I could have easily biked or bussed it, but it's in our culture. We need to start people off young. This LA thing where you turn 16 and get a car needs to end. Also the public transit for high schoolers who do take it, is awful. The kids are packed on there like sardines. It's crowded and stinky and doesn't run frequently enough. Then we get surprised that people in LA will work solely to pay for their car. They should implement this on LA college campuses (that are transit friendly, lots campuses in LA are transit unfriendly, my old school Mt St Mary’s in Brentwood if I wanted to leave the campus for non school related items you had to go up and down this winding dangerous hill with blind spots, driving a car up it was dangerous, riding a bike up it was dangerous, walking on it was dangerous.)

Heck they should implement this on high school campuses. Almost all high schools in LA have parking lots for students, why? I remember driving for five minutes to get to school, when I could have easily biked or bussed it, but it’s in our culture. We need to start people off young. This LA thing where you turn 16 and get a car needs to end.

Also the public transit for high schoolers who do take it, is awful. The kids are packed on there like sardines. It’s crowded and stinky and doesn’t run frequently enough. Then we get surprised that people in LA will work solely to pay for their car.

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