Comments - New Bike Lanes on Capitol and Westmont - San Pedro News Pilot2024-03-19T08:17:00Zhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6389356%3ABlogPost%3A53847&xn_auth=noExtremely ill conceived plan.…tag:sanpedronewspilot.com,2013-05-05:6389356:Comment:541272013-05-05T01:44:32.754ZValerie Smith-Griffinhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profile/ValerieSmithGriffin
<p>Extremely ill conceived plan. Unfortunately, San Pedro has others that have failed - this one needs to go to the graveyard with them. LOUSY planning and I can only imagine when more housing goes in on Western at Ponte (you fill in the blank)</p>
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<p>Extremely ill conceived plan. Unfortunately, San Pedro has others that have failed - this one needs to go to the graveyard with them. LOUSY planning and I can only imagine when more housing goes in on Western at Ponte (you fill in the blank)</p>
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<p></p> All the whys and wherefores a…tag:sanpedronewspilot.com,2013-04-29:6389356:Comment:539652013-04-29T00:00:40.949ZLee Dworshakhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profile/LeeDworshak
<p>All the whys and wherefores are great Joe, but this plan was ill conceived and a surprise to most of us who live in the area. To take two major well-functioning routes that connect Gaffey to Western and reduce them from two lanes to single lane routes just to support a bike lane is simply crazy. Nobody, except for the weekend bike fanatics are going to use bicycles on these two very hilly streets now or in the near future.</p>
<p>The LA City bureaucracy is obviously alive and well downtown…</p>
<p>All the whys and wherefores are great Joe, but this plan was ill conceived and a surprise to most of us who live in the area. To take two major well-functioning routes that connect Gaffey to Western and reduce them from two lanes to single lane routes just to support a bike lane is simply crazy. Nobody, except for the weekend bike fanatics are going to use bicycles on these two very hilly streets now or in the near future.</p>
<p>The LA City bureaucracy is obviously alive and well downtown with no regard for our needs in San Pedro. A skateboard lane for the downhill bombers would have made more sense.</p> All of the above sounds nice,…tag:sanpedronewspilot.com,2013-04-26:6389356:Comment:538652013-04-26T19:50:56.129ZJohn Stammreichhttp://sanpedronewspilot.com/profile/JohnStammreich
<p>All of the above sounds nice, but unless the neighborhood council literally went door-to-door with fliers about the 2010 Bicycle Plan implementation, the proper inputs by the affected surrounding communities was not effectively collected. As stated in the article above, this plan "represents a new commitment by Los Angeles to move away from the auto-centric approach of the past, and toward a sustainable transportation system-a system which supports motor vehicle use, but also enables the use…</p>
<p>All of the above sounds nice, but unless the neighborhood council literally went door-to-door with fliers about the 2010 Bicycle Plan implementation, the proper inputs by the affected surrounding communities was not effectively collected. As stated in the article above, this plan "represents a new commitment by Los Angeles to move away from the auto-centric approach of the past, and toward a sustainable transportation system-a system which supports motor vehicle use, but also enables the use of streets by other modes, such as bicycling, walking, and transit, and acknowledges the use of streets for other purposes, such as recreation, retail and public gatherings."</p>
<p>Not only does this plan no support motor vehicle use, as Capitol Drive exemplifies, this plan may actually violate the American Disabilities Act by restricting those that cannot use these other modes of transportation. Bus routes are actually being eliminated by Metro, including the MAX communter buses, and the lack of access to the Metro rail system to San Pedrans has always been a touchy subject. This system serves mostly non-Angelenos, and the 2010 Bicycle Plan seems to also fit that description of serving out-of-town special interests over that of the Northwest San Pedro community.</p>
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<p>Ironically, the reduction of lanes from two to one on Capitol and Westmont will actually increase carbon monoxide levels along that route as more cars have to slow and brake behind the grocery delivery trucks who use Capitol Drive daily to bring goods to Western Avenue businesses. But I doubt the AQMD will care about that...</p>