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This is the normal for car roads. Vehicle commuters expand to fill up available space at which point speeds drop precipitously. In a year or two it will be bac
by revelation 9y ago
This is the normal for car roads. Vehicle commuters expand to fill up available space at which point speeds drop precipitously.
In a year or two it will be back to 5 mph only this time round you can't blame it in dem cyclists or 21th century street design.
- qta 9y agoSure, I'll raise my first to the sky and yell "Damn Cars!". This worked pretty well for the past 3 years I've been commuting there, and never has been an issue. Local Business in Playa / Marina took a hit. I went to some of the townhalls that were held, and besides the carted-in cyclists (that probably were driven in by a car (OH GOSH!), as none of them lived remotely close to the South Bay), the general populous was pretty active about getting back our 2 lane street. Edit: The main grief for me, was the shady reason they slimmed the road down. It was cited, that a young woman died in a car accident on this road 8 years ago. Yes, that is true. Sadly, the council-member in charge of this road died, failed to mention that she was heavily intoxicated & running across the street, when there was a crossing 300ft down the road.
- adrr 9y agoDid you actually see bikes use the bike lane? I use the strand bike trail frequently but rather not be riding on the roads sucking down exhaust. If LA wanted to encourage cyclist, they should build dedicated bike trails away from the roads and make the side streets shared lanes where cyclist can use the whole road to prevent us from getting doored or hit by a car pulling out of a driveway. There is no reason to put bike lanes on major arterials.