To the editor: Measure HLA is a case of wishful considering. If you happen to construct it, they may come? Not a lot. (“Worry-mongering on Measure HLA ignores what’s actually scary — L.A.’s lethal streets,” editorial, Feb. 21)
Take a drive down Venice Boulevard in West L.A. from Culver Boulevard to Inglewood Boulevard, the place bike and bus-only lanes have been opened. You will note heavier site visitors, indignant drivers, empty bus lanes, empty bike lanes and failure.
We don’t reside in a metropolis the place clear and protected buses come reliably each 5 minutes to whisk you the place you wish to go. We reside in a metropolis the place buses come once they come, if they arrive in any respect, and transfers are sometimes clunky and poorly timed.
Till native authorities does one thing vital about providing plentiful public transportation that’s cost-effective, is quick and goes the place folks wish to go, these unfeasible road plans won’t work.
All that Measure HLA will do is make Los Angeles much more unlivable.
Jeanne Damus, Los Angeles
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To the editor: In my view, Measure HLA alone is just not a viable answer to lowering the variety of crashes and deaths on L.A.’s busy streets and roads. Decreasing the variety of lanes on sure roads and putting in new bike lanes will solely enhance driver stress and dump speeders onto alternate routes not usually utilized by drivers.
I’ve an thought. Mobilize bike officers to get on the street to catch speeders as an alternative of sitting on their butts utilizing a LIDAR gun.
Then they could additionally see the unlawful U-turns, double parking, crosswalk violations, stop-sign rolls, red-light violations, unsafe lane modifications, tailgating and all the opposite site visitors code violations that go unenforced.
Charles Singer, North Hills
