Car Congestion
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Praise and Criticism for Venice Blvd at LADOT Mar Vista Open House
At last Saturday's open house on the Mar Vista Venice Boulevard safety improvements, responses were mixed, with LADOT reporting a majority of comments were positive.
July 24, 2017
After Raucous Public Comment, Mar Vista Community Council Votes To Support Venice Blvd Improvements
Last night, before a standing room only crowd, the Mar Vista Community Council voted to keep in place recent Venice Boulevard safety improvements, including protected bike lanes and a road diet.
July 12, 2017
“Open Streets PDR” Pushes Pro-Car Backlash Against Councilmember Bonin
Irate drivers calling themselves "Open Streets PDR" are working to undo recent safety improvements in Playa Del Rey. Councilmember Bonin has responded that "We should never buy into the notion that convenience is worth endangering lives."
June 27, 2017
Damien Will Be on KPCC’s Air Talk at 10:44 A.M. Talking Tolling and Congestion Pricing
Tune in to KPCC's Air Talk this morning to hear Damien Newton talk about express lanes, tolls, and congestion
March 29, 2017
Road Pricing Infographic: How Tolling Impacts Various Road Users
Tolls may disproportionately burden the poor, but so other ways of paying for roads.
January 18, 2017
Hide Your Wife! Hide Your Kids! Freeway Closure for the Demolition of the 6th St. Bridge is upon Us!
Hide your wife! Hide your kids! And try to hide the bitter tears the L.A. Times believes you will probably shed when you struggle to visit "downtown's trendiest bars and pubs" this weekend because THE 101 FREEWAY IS CLOSING FOR 40 HOURS starting at 10 p.m. tonight!
February 5, 2016
New Griffith Park Traffic Plan Promising But Flawed
The L.A. City Department of Recreation and Parks has released a new "Griffith Park Action Plan" [PDF] designed to deal with car congestion primarily from Hollywood Sign visitors. Last night, DRP and City Councilmember David Ryu hosted a community meeting to receive public feedback on the proposal. Nearly 200 people attended the forum, where DRP and Ryu received over an hour of public testimony critical of many aspects of the proposal.
January 21, 2016
Vehicle Automation versus Connectivity, and What it Might Mean for Traffic
ed’s note: This week, we’re featuring a short series of articles from our board member Juan Matute on what he’s thinking about technology and transportation.
March 10, 2014
You Can’t Fix Traffic. You Are Traffic.
(Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times printed an editorial in their online opinion page by editorial writer Carla Hall. The editorial called out the City Council Candidates in CD 11 for not addressing car drivers' concerns at a Streetsblog Forum and suggested some ways to "improve" traffic on the Westside. Since we were mentioned, we thought we would respond.)
February 26, 2013
Congestion Pricing Opens on the I-10, Hysteria on Hold
This weekend, Express Lanes opened on 14 miles of the I-10 between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and the 605 freeway. The lanes converted existing HOV lanes to HOV/HOT lanes during non-peak hours. This means solo-car commuters can buy their way into the carpool lane if they have a FastTrack transponder. Carpoolers will also need to purchase the transponder. This need is controversial.
February 25, 2013