Comments on: Olympic and Pico one-way proposal: The skinny http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: KenM http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100854 KenM Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:00:42 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100854 Don et. al.: Regarding "blocking off the ends of many of the streets...to discourage through traffic" When you push for blocking car traffic please remember to push for allowing bicycle and ped traffic through those barriers. Nothing frustrates me more than car barriers that unnecessarily also block bikes & peds - like a continuous chain link fence between neighboring residential areas. Blocking bike and ped traffic just encourages more people to drive. But I'm sure (I hope) greenLAGirl's readers already know this. Don et. al.:
Regarding “blocking off the ends of many of the streets…to discourage through traffic”
When you push for blocking car traffic please remember to push for allowing bicycle and ped traffic through those barriers. Nothing frustrates me more than car barriers that unnecessarily also block bikes & peds - like a continuous chain link fence between neighboring residential areas. Blocking bike and ped traffic just encourages more people to drive. But I’m sure (I hope) greenLAGirl’s readers already know this.

]]> By: Don Hosek http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100842 Don Hosek Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:58:33 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100842 A lot of those neighborhoods between Pico and Olympic are "effed" by asshole drivers without the one-way-ification (I live in one of these). With or without them, we're pushing for speed bumps on our street, and I wouldn't mind seeing blocking off the ends of many of the streets at Pico and Olympic to discourage through traffic. A lot of those neighborhoods between Pico and Olympic are “effed” by asshole drivers without the one-way-ification (I live in one of these). With or without them, we’re pushing for speed bumps on our street, and I wouldn’t mind seeing blocking off the ends of many of the streets at Pico and Olympic to discourage through traffic.

]]> By: LA Bus Girl http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100818 LA Bus Girl Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:10:41 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/07/13/olympic-and-pico-one-way-proposal-the-skinny/#comment-100818 Every time I hear about this proposal, all I can think of is how Pico and Olympic are not the same distance apart and how those streets in the middle are just going to be effed when somebody misses their "exit" and needs to zoom back the other way. I like the idea of the dedicated bus lanes, too... but genuinely, there are many reasons why I don't think this project is going to get approval or actually happen... Every time I hear about this proposal, all I can think of is how Pico and Olympic are not the same distance apart and how those streets in the middle are just going to be effed when somebody misses their “exit” and needs to zoom back the other way.

I like the idea of the dedicated bus lanes, too… but genuinely, there are many reasons why I don’t think this project is going to get approval or actually happen…

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