WESTSIDE SOLUTION AT A GLANCE

WESTSIDE SOLUTION AT A GLANCE:
for Western part: from Santa Monica/Venice/Marina del Rey to Beverly Hills/West Hollywood

MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC RESOURCES

-Inter-city coordination: speeding up traffic "downstream/upstream" [GO!]

-Bus Pull-outs: freeing up the right lane for traffic to make it flow better [GO!]

-Protected Left Turn Arrows: at every major intersection to make traffic flow better [GO!]

-Left Turn Only lanes: whereever they are missing to make traffic flow better [GO!]

-Parking:

-Public Parking: get cars off the steets at affordable rates and free up roads for traffic
-Street Parking: on major 4-lane roads (like Crescent Heights from Santa Monica Blvd. to Pico), NO parking 7:00am-7:00pm

-Signs: clear, legible and visible signs everywhere leading drivers confidently to destination

-Road condition: Dips and Potholes: fix problems and maintain good condition of all major roads to make traffic flow better [GO!].

-Accident clean-ups: special task force to speed up clean-up and get traffic moving [GO!]

-Pedestrian Overpasses: "Skywalks" to create "speed corridor" from Barrington to Beverly Hills on
-Wilshire Blvd.
-Santa Monica Blvd.
-Olympic Blvd.
-Pico Blvd.
-Venice Blvd.

TRAFFIC REDIRECTION

The 405: giving the 405 a break

-Overpasses: on Sepulveda and Sawtelle over
-Wilshire Blvd.
-Santa Monica Blvd.
-Olympic Blvd.
-Pico Blvd.
-Venice Blvd.

-Short freeways like 90 (Marina Del Rey Fwy) to redirect traffic off the 405 to its destination

-Fixing bad design:

-WHEN possible, IF possible, widen bottleneck at I-10 junction
-WHEN possible, IF possible (preferably after building overpasses on Sepulveda and Sawtelle), elevate (or interr) the 405 over (under) ALL streets from Wilshire to Venice

EAST-WEST SPEED CORRIDORS: "virtual freeways" [GO!]

I-10: Giving I-10 a break:

After construction of traffic overpasses and pedestrian overpasses, keep lights GREEN from 3 to 5 minutes or longer, depending on traffic, to create "speed corridors" from Barrington to Beverly Hills on
-Wilshire Blvd.
-Santa Monica Blvd.
-Olympic Blvd.
-Pico Blvd.
-Venice Blvd.

MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATE RESOURCES: redefining the workday [STOP!]

-Rush Hour: tax incentives for companies to have staggered schedules one hour apart from 8:00am to 10:00am and 4:00pm to 7:00pm

MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES: redefining "drive to work" [STOP!]

Partner with Hollywood to launch TV and radio educational campaign to encourage drivers to

-ride bus to work [GO!]
-bike to work (if feasible) [GO!]
-walk to work (if feasible) [GO!]
-be courteous to other drivers [GO!]
-keep leisure driving at a minimum on workdays [STOP!]
-avoid congestion and congested areas at rush hour [STOP!]
-NOT talk on cellphone while driving [STOP!]

Let's fix it! GO!
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