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Los Angeles County, CA | March 8, 2005 Election |
TRAFFIC: We Have Had EnoughBy Bill RosendahlCandidate for Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 11 | |
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Bill's detailed platform on transportation issuesWe have had enough. We have had enough with sitting for hours at a time on gridlocked streets and freeways. We have had enough with long commutes keeping us away from family and friends. We have had enough with the choking taste of air pollution. We have had enough with traffic. The traffic nightmare you and I endure each and every day is one of the greatest public policy failures of the last half century. The problem keeps getting worse. We must fix this problem. We cannot continue to live like this. Our future and the vitality of our region are at stake. When I am your councilmember, confronting and solving our transportation problems will be my top priority. Some solutions will be quick and easy, and will have a small but noticeable impact right in our neighborhoods. Other solutions will be big and tough, requiring major and lasting changes in how we think about transportation and land-use planning and ultimately, how government thinks and functions. Working together, we can do it. Working together, we can get Los Angeles moving again. Here are some of my proposals. I welcome yours. Simple Solutions for More Livable Neighborhoods A little common sense can go a long way. Some transportation solutions would be relatively easy to implement:
Many of the bigger solutions to our traffic problems have been stuck in a political gridlock so bad it makes rush hour on the 405 look like an expressway. We need a tough taskmaster to fully develop and push to completion a 21st Century transportation system. Key to that are the following projects:
Most politicians avoid talking about this because they think it is too complex. But the biggest cause of traffic is poorly-planned development. We can't keep approving developments that force people to use a car for nearly every trip. We'll never build enough roads to reduce congestion if we keep doing this. The reason people drive so much is because they can't find what they need closer to home. If we can provide access to our daily needs without so many car trips, we will not only reduce congestion and parking demand, but we will also make our city more livable and allow people to get around by walking or cycling, which are healthful physical activities. We need to:
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