Zach

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:53:57 -0800

Catheryn, I don't know specific situation, but have you ever thought of trying Roll With It. They have bike commutting coaches who help you with all the challenges that come along with bike commuting. Just a thought!

Catheryn

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:31:52 -0800

I am starting to think that the British have the only solution to not only help fix traffic in a huge metropolitan city but also help the environment. Perhaps LA should institute a congestion charge just like they have done in Central London. Yes $8-10 is a lot of money to have the privelege to drive through the city each day but I think a lot more people would look to public transportation and carpooling than do now and it has been shown in London to have cut traffic congestion by as much as 30%. Maybe this would stop those Brentwood soccer moms from getting in their cars to drive the half of a mile to yoga or those two blocks to drop off their kids (well I should say stop the maids and nannies from dropping the kids off) I have friends who work downtown who don't deal with half of the traffic problems I have to contend with on the westside. On average from my office building at the corner of Federal and Wilshire, it takes at least 20 minutes to pass the 405 - a whole tenth of a mile. My 6 mile commute to work takes an hour as of this month. I would love it if we had a reliable bus system that had its own lane instead of taking over multiple lanes of traffic as they do every morning not to mention I could never make the mile and a half trek down a large hill to the closest bus stop to my house so the bus isn't a viable option for me but trust me I have thought about it

LAist: One Small Step for Traffic

Zach

Catheryn