Reckless on Wilshire

Councilman Tom LaBonge isn't rejected the plan to turn Olympic and Pico boulevards one-way. But he has grave concerns, saying "creating the surface street equivalent of freeways is not the answer." More:

I am still open to learning more from a planned study to be conducted by our Dept. of Transportation, but my gut tells me the proposal is seriously flawed. 

Meanwhile, LAist has an idea regarding the Wilshire bus lane idea:  "Do you want to pussyfoot the solutions that may or may not work until our retirement or find a solution that may or may not work for six-months from now? Call it a 3-month pilot study -- we don't care. Until that Purple Line Subway is moving, be a little reckless."

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Comments

[jj]

Should we not be addressing the real issue? How our population exploded? According to the news, by a third over the last 10 years. That is what causes the traffic problems,

[Richard H]

Stock answers politicians can always use to ANY hot button questions:

A: ".... [is/was] not the answer."

B: "... [is/was] seriously flawed"

These statements will create a generally favorable impression to a particular constituency without making any concrete commitment to anything.