LAist: 'It's Like the Hatfields & McCoys:' Mandeville Canyon has had Years of Problems

MandevilleNative

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:15:47 -0800

Mandeville Cyn is a very dangerous curvy road. I know someone who was seriously injured as a pedestrian by a speeding car. The city was found partially to blame because they had not cited a resident for building a non-permitted fence on city propery which contributed to the accident by blocking the driver's view. BTW the fence is still there.

ezfinn

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:20:46 -0800

Uh, Jeremy. It was just a play on the ist and the fact that there have been a ton bicycle posts lately. Sense of humor much?

ubrayj02

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0800

So - people in Lower Mandeville Canyon have a problem with speeding cars also! These LMC residents and cyclists should be able to push through some damned traffic controls that add 20 seconds to Upper Mandeville Canyon resident's daily commute. Those traffic controls will make the entire stretch of road a better facility for all user groups, and a safer one too. What the hell?! How much power can these entitled murderers have?

take2la

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:50:55 -0800

It isn't Hatfields & McCoys. If its a feud, its more Blue & Grey than hillbillys. There is a innocence, or at least an ineffectual comedic quality associated to the hillbilly fable. I ain't laughing. This Family Feud is way beyond Richard Dawson & Al Roker. Sure, there are plenty of other places cycl-ists could go other than any of the canyons BUT WHY SHOULD WE. To say there are places some people "can" go & others can't is "Transpo" discrimination. Would you stand for it for yourself? Would you tolerate it in others? And yes, this is a defining question. Position defining. Blue or Grey? Or perhaps, better yet, Erin Brokovich or PG&E?

Jeremy

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:36:16 -0800

ezfinn: I know. Don't you just hate it when local current events are discussed on a site that deals locally with current events?

WagonMonster

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:44:46 -0800

Man, Mandeville Canyon just sounds like an awful place, full of awful people. As a cyclist AND a driver, I have no desire to ever go on this road. There must be another place cyclists can go, because, it just doesn't seem worth it to even bother with Mandeville.

G Pro

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:43:00 -0800

All that drama to live in a canyon, and I thought living on Fountain was bad.

Cody Fogh

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:30:14 -0800

Rich people are dumb.

ezfinn

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:29:50 -0800

Has this site been renamed Bicyclist yet?