{"id":168,"date":"2015-08-16T11:20:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fixthecity.org\/?p=168"},"modified":"2015-08-16T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:20:21","slug":"takeaways-from-the-la-times-article-silver-lake-street-serves-as-test-run-for-l-a-traffic-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fixthecity.org\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways from the LA Times Article: &#8220;Silver Lake street serves as test run for L.A. traffic overhaul&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Zahnizer and Laura J. Nelson of the LA Times provided us with an insightful article on the &#8220;road diet&#8221; concept at the heart of the new &#8220;mobility&#8221; plan.<\/p>\n<p>The article can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/cityhall\/la-me-mobility-traffic-20150816-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Silver Lake street serves as test run for L.A. traffic overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few key observations on the article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FTC decided to check response times for the LAFD station in that area (Station 56). \u00a0The percentage of arrivals within five minutes of dispatch has gotten 11% worse &#8211; from an already scary 52.8% to an even scarier 46.5%. \u00a0It is supposed to be 90%.<\/li>\n<li>The photo from the picture, like the other LA Times pictures on MP2035, tells the story: Cars as far as the eye can see stuck in traffic creating smog, one bicyclist (inhaling that smog).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tangible&#8221; safety results from decreased accidents (from 15 to 7) are reported. \u00a0What is missing is the loss of life and property from diminished access by first responders.<\/li>\n<li>Increased congestion has resulted and has shifted traffic and unsafe driving to neighborhoods. \u00a0The article quotes one resident as saying &#8220;The added congestion&#8230;has prompted impatient drivers to take detours, sometimes driving too fast or rolling through stop signs. &#8220;The danger on Rowena got shifted to the surrounding streets, and that is the biggest problem.&#8221; \u00a0Another said her hillside street experienced significant spillover traffic from drivers trying to find east-west shortcuts.<\/li>\n<li>A reminder that the &#8220;environmental review of the plan also warned of significant consequences, including an increase in cut-through traffic on residential streets and a doubling in the number of highly congested major street segments.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>An admission by the City that they made their decision &#8220;in the absence of data&#8221; in that &#8220;as they have expanded that citywide bike network, they have not looked to determine whether the number of backups on those corridors grew significantly as a result.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Board of Public Works rejected the idea of decreasing vehicle lanes with one member citing what he saw as serious traffic problems on Rowena saying it had been &#8220;a bit of a disaster,&#8221; producing major backups south of the Hyperion bridge. \u00a0He went on to say\u00a0&#8220;I can&#8217;t in good conscience vote for anything that would compound that situation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Zahnizer and Laura J. 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