L.A. DONE RIGHT <> L.A. DONE WRONG

L.A. DONE RIGHT <> L.A. DONE WRONG

We're going to start an L.A. DONE RIGHT <> L.A. DONE WRONG series. It's very important to see that the traffic congestion in many parts of the city (especially in the Westside) is caused by the things that have been designed and done WRONG, and how this congestion can be relieved by fixing the things that have been done WRONG and not repeating them.

This is also to show that the things that have been done RIGHT are excellent. The things that have been done WRONG are terrible and are at the very heart of the problem.

RIGHT: Public Parking off Third Street Promende in Santa Monica (rocks!)

WRONG: street parking with parking meters (sucks!)

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RIGHT: SOUTH entrance ramp on the LEFT lane and NORTH entrance ramp on the RIGHT lane to the 405 from Santa Monica Blvd. (rocks!)

WRONG: SOUTH entrance ramp on the RIGHT lane and NORTH entrance ramp on the RIGHT lane to the 405 from Wilshire Blvd. (sucks!)

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RIGHT: Palms pass OVER the 405 and all the streets before and after Century Blvd. that have overpasses OVER the 405 (rocks!)

WRONG: ALL the minor streets BLOCKED by the 405 from Sunset to Venice Blvds. (sucks!)

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RIGHT: 90 Marina del Rey Freeway (rocks!)

WRONG: Cancellation of Laurel Canyon Freeway (SR-170) and the Beverly Hills Freeway (SR-2) by Jerry Brown (sucks!)

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RIGHT: Bus pullout (or "turnout" or "indent") on Santa Monica Blvd between Canon and Beverly Dr. at old Beverly Hills Post Office (rocks!)

WRONG: Busstop for MTA 720 Red Rapid Bus on Wilshire at Westwood Blvd. (sucks!)

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RIGHT: 405 Freeway juction with 90 Marina del Rey Freeway (rocks!)

WRONG: 405 Freeway junction with I-10 (bottleneck - more like a funnel! sucks!)

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RIGHT: Six-lane Olympic Blvd. (3 lanes in each direction: rocks!)

WRONG: Four-lane Santa Monica Blvd. (2 lanes in each direction: sucks!)

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This is, by no means, a complete list. We'll be adding to it as we go along...