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That's called a gated community and you don't get to fund them with taxpayer money. If you don't want to deal with plebeians on your roads, then you need to pay
by superuser2 11y ago
That's called a gated community and you don't get to fund them with taxpayer money. If you don't want to deal with plebeians on your roads, then you need to pay a developer to build private roads.
LA streets do not belong to the neighborhoods, they belong to the city. If neighbors are concerned about congestion, perhaps they should support policy that promotes density and mass transit.
- mjevans 11y agoPromote an over-supply of housing (many story apartments) and small consumer service establishments (ground floors) near job clusters. For mass transit to work best make it /fast/ above all else make it fast. If it takes longer to take the transit than it does to drive it's not a viable option. Another possibility for alleviating congestion is to provide parking silos at the edge of the city network and well connected local transit from them. However the best thing that can be done to end gridlock? Self driving cars save us please!
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> That's called a gated community and you don't get to fund them with taxpayer money. Sure you do. All you need is to make up a majority of the local voters. Won't work in LA; might work in, say, Long Beach. Residents pass traffic ordinances screwing over drivers for practically no gain to themselves all the time. You're only allowed to vote on policies for where you live, not where you drive.
- superuser2 11y agoThe city is the functional unit for making that distinction, though, not the neighborhood. LA could vote to exclude non-LA residents, but a specific neighborhood or block could not vote to exclude other city residents.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoLocal neighborhoods frequently are "the city". There's a sense in which Anaheim, Long Beach, etc etc etc aren't part of LA, but not any sense a person who doesn't vote in the area would care about.
- djcapelis 11y agoBut isn't that exactly how neighborhood parking permits work?
- superuser2 11y agoNeighborhoods (and universities) that reserve space for permit-holding affiliates usually have some paid street or garage parking for visitors. Or street parking is allowed to visitors for a few hours, or for a fee, etc. Entirely denying passage to outsiders (or charging a toll) is much more extreme. A better analogy might be the Seventeen Mile Drive in Monterey.
- oh_sigh 11y ago"Local Traffic Only" signs are very common, and legally enforceable.
- superuser2 11y agoFor specific blocks under construction, where "local" means "your destination is on this block" not "you own a home in this neighborhood." Have you ever seen a permanent one?
- oh_sigh 11y agoYes. They look like this: http://i.imgur.com/KVTe4zp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KVTe4zp.jpg