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Hollywood Sign Expected to Read 'Save the Peak' on Thursday
Not only has the city made it realistically hard to park and take advantage of the burgeoning theatre district by limiting parking to two hours at night, they are now proposing to take away a crosswalk at a vital intersection that connects dense housing to commercial businesses. Is this redevelopment gone backwards?
Just north of Magnolia Avenue at Blakeslee is the site of three mixed use developments, two of which that recently opened and are not 100 percent occupied. South of Magnolia lies their most directly accessible set of local businesses such as the popular diner EAT, Starbucks and a myriad of other services.
This weekend a reader asked why the city wanted to take it down. "It just seems like they want traffic to move faster," he said. Traffic signals and controlled crosswalks can be found 600 feet on either side.
The city's reasoning, according to a sign hung on the traffic pole (photo above) reads differently: "This marked crosswalk at this location is proposed to be removed as part of a traffic safety improvement." City officials could not be reached for comment as today is a holiday. Stayed tuned, more to come...
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Ugh... more backwards logic. Every time I visit Japan, it really hits me just how awful our civil engineering and city planning is in America.
Zach -
I authored a motion at the Mid Town NoHo NC last week to oppose the removal of the crosswalk and to ask the DOT to consider installing a stoplight.
According to DOT, this is part of a study if the crosswalk meets Fed/State guidelines.
However just about everyone in the area including business, residents, the LAPD, CRA, etc. think it's goofy to remove the crosswalk.
We have asked the CRA and they are willing to look at paying for the stop light if the DOT doesn't have the money for it.
The DOT is taking public comment until the 29th.
"traffic safety improvement." That trumps pedestrian safety?
There doesn't seem to be a voice in City Council that will ever stand up for people in the Valley. I find that curious.
Telephone? Fax? No email?
It's 2009, people.
True. However, there are email to fax gateways out there... google it