Paul Krekorian
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Vroom! It’s Time to Talk Speed Limit Increases at City Council
When we last checked in with the City Council Transportation Committee, they decided to table a motion to increase the speed limit on Chandler Boulevard, where the limit would increase from 35 MPH to 45 MPH along the Orange Line, and Riverside Drive which would change the limit from 35 MPH to 40 MPH for its entire length between the Burbank border and Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks. The Councilman for the area, Paul Krekorian, wanted a chance for the community to give input on the increases before the proposal went through, and now the increases are back on the agenda for tomorrow's meeting.
February 23, 2010
Vroom! Speed Limit Increases in Front of City Council
As mentioned in a post yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee will vote tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. in City Hall on whether or not to raise speed limits on three local streets Chandler Boulevard, Riverside Drive and Beverly Glen Boulevard. In the past day, three outraged pieces have attacked the limit increases and challenged the Council to defy state rules that require the increases for the LAPD to use radar to enforce the law.
January 26, 2010
CD 2 Questionnaire: Paul Krekorian
Regular readers of Streetsblog are familiar with Assemblyman Paul Krekorian because of his efforts to change a state law which pressures the LADOT and LAPD to raise speed limits on local roads. While his legislation was stalled in the Assembly Transportation Committee, he has vowed to push forward with his efforts this fall starting with a public meeting on the legislation on September 15 in Burbank.
September 2, 2009
How Mike Eng and the Auto Lobby Stalled on Safe Streets
So what happened?
Despite the support of just about everyone in Los Angeles, A.B. 766 didn't muster the support to even come to a vote at the Assembly Transportation Committee Hearing yesterday. How could such a slam dunk piece of legislation, a bill that would protect cyclists and pedestrians from the increased speeding of drivers, be such a non-starter with the State Legislature?
May 12, 2009
Breaking News: “Safe Streets” Bill Stalled, “Cash Out Parking” Moves Forward
I'll have a full story tomorrow morning, I have to run to Pasadena to introduce "Contested Streets" as part of Bike Week Pasadena, but I wanted to pass on the news that the Assembly Transportation Committee failed to even vote on A.B. 766, Paul Krekorian's Safe Streets Bill and moved Bob Blumenfield's bill that would reveal the cost of "free" employee parking.
May 11, 2009
Krekorian Rallies with Cyclists, Council Members, Cops and Community for Safer Streets
Flanked by members of the City Council Transportation Committee, police from the Cities of Glendale and Burbank, an L.A. County Sheriff, leaders from community boards and a group of cyclists from around the city; Assemblyman Paul Krekorian strongly made his case for the passage of A.B. 766, the legislation that would empower the community to resist speed limit raises even if called for in an engineering survey.
May 7, 2009
Council, Mayors, Activists All Support “Safe Streets” Legislation
We've been waiting for weeks for Paul Krekorian's "Safe Streets" legislation, A.B. 766, to make it to committee, but in the meantime the support for the legislation has grown. While the city was raising speed limits on roads throughout the Valley, it complained that it was unable to resist the changes because of a state law that limits be set at the eighty-fifth percentile of drivers. This legislation provides a greater role for the community in setting the limits and greater flexibility for LADOT to resist raising the limits.
May 5, 2009
Assemblyman Paul Krekorian: Let’s Make Our Speeding Streets “Safe Streets”
Last week, I received an email from the office of Assemblyman Paul Krekorian (D-43) who introduced legislation, A.B. 776, that would change the very laws that are requiring the speed limit raises throughout the Valley as a preclude to limit raises throughout the city. After a back and forth with his office, the Assemblyman himself emailed me a statement which can be read below and a fact sheet that can be read after the jump. I'll let Krekorian speak for himself, although the emphasis added to parts of the statement are mine.
April 13, 2009