Comments on: Council Wants TOD Plans for Future Green Line Extension http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/07/council-wants-tod-plans-for-future-green-line-extension/ 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: LAofAnaheim http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/07/council-wants-tod-plans-for-future-green-line-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 LAofAnaheim Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:08:55 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1229#comment-2576 Get rid of street parking, only if they reduce the width of the road. It's unbelievable that our streets in downtown are 5 - 8 lane highways. We need the street parking in order to protect the pedestrians from cars speeding by at 50 mph on the curb (during anti-gridlock zoning). Get rid of street parking, only if they reduce the width of the road. It’s unbelievable that our streets in downtown are 5 – 8 lane highways. We need the street parking in order to protect the pedestrians from cars speeding by at 50 mph on the curb (during anti-gridlock zoning).

]]> By: Radical Transportation Engineer http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/07/council-wants-tod-plans-for-future-green-line-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Radical Transportation Engineer Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:18:31 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1229#comment-2573 You are 100% correct about the parking space requirement. It needs to be lowered in every development in the city to discourage driving and encourage alternative transportation means. It is the congestion pricing that exists in other cities and it needs to happen here. Get rid of on metered street parking and give that space back to the pedestrians and cyclists. Push parking into public and private lots. Generate money for the economy and the city but with limited numbers. I am happy however the the TOD conversation is happening. They should model it after the TOD that NJ Transit does. There are very specific requirements for development near transit in order to get funding from agencies and the feds. One of these is definitely limited parking, along with pedestrian access, bike access, and small businesses. TOD in LA would change the landscape and the feel of this city. LA was recently rated the least friendly city by a travel magazine (I forget which one). TOD encourages interaction within neighborhoods. I think we could all use some more interaction with our neighbors and we could all use being nicer to one another, something that comes with more interaction with each other. I commend Rosendahl on his efforts on this. You are 100% correct about the parking space requirement. It needs to be lowered in every development in the city to discourage driving and encourage alternative transportation means. It is the congestion pricing that exists in other cities and it needs to happen here. Get rid of on metered street parking and give that space back to the pedestrians and cyclists. Push parking into public and private lots. Generate money for the economy and the city but with limited numbers.

I am happy however the the TOD conversation is happening. They should model it after the TOD that NJ Transit does. There are very specific requirements for development near transit in order to get funding from agencies and the feds. One of these is definitely limited parking, along with pedestrian access, bike access, and small businesses. TOD in LA would change the landscape and the feel of this city. LA was recently rated the least friendly city by a travel magazine (I forget which one). TOD encourages interaction within neighborhoods. I think we could all use some more interaction with our neighbors and we could all use being nicer to one another, something that comes with more interaction with each other.

I commend Rosendahl on his efforts on this.

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