Comments on: Council Transportation Committee Moves to Remove Traffic Calming

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:56:24 +0000

Just heard Councilman Wiess, Mr. Would-Be-LA-Attorney, on KPCC. That guys pisses me off. He had this super freindly, "pro-bike" message a couple of weeks ago, and then he stands up in a public hearing to tear down traffic calming and increase car speeds. What the hell is pro-bike about that?

Freakin' hypocrite.

I'm voting for Trutanich.

By: Glenn M

Glenn M — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:37:31 +0000

There is no need for it near Palazzo. The apartments are only 20% occupied and this is on the side of the building that they enter.

The entire project is a failure except Trader Joe's. Even Rite Aid has lost more than 50% of their business since the move from Westwood Blvd..

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:10:56 +0000

wow. While they are definitely two sides to this story that need to be reconciled and traffic calming needs to be done in a more wholistic neighborhood approach than it appears here - it's very disappointing that the infrastructure will be removed.

By: Gary Kavanagh

Gary Kavanagh — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:38:37 +0000

Tom LaBonge sucks as usual.

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:09:10 +0000

"According to Councilman LaBonge ..." followed by b.s. about transportation is no surprise.

I can't believe how horrible this City can be. Can we install low-cost safety devices on the roads to encourage walking, bicycling, and livability? Yes we can. We can also rip them out for no goddamned reason at any time to suit a bunch of pointy headed bosses at the LADOT and a corrupt city leadership. I wish it took a constantly re-defined super-majority for these incumbent bums to get re-elected - then they'd see what it feels like to have a neighborhood that has been protected being re-opened to the speeding hordes based on totally arbitrary and illegal methods.

The DOT's policy is just that, a policy. The Neighborhood Protection Plan is a quasi-legal agreement between the developer and the community, which the City has violated the terms of. I think that a suit against the City by the public that voted for traffic calming is in order.

Shame on the Transpo. Committee. Those clowns have sacrificed a neighborhood for their own inter-office relationships in city hall. They are clowns indeed.