L.A. traffic sucks: Let's fix it!

Reader comment: "謝謝!! [Thank you!]"

2010-02-01T22:13:00.000-08:00

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Reader comment: "I have yet to hear the term 'unprotected light.'"

2009-12-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

www.accidentsinla.com has left a new comment on your post "OPEN DISCUSSION #12: "what does an unprotected lig...": I deal with a lot of traffic accidents in my practice, but I have yet to hear the...

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[Reader comment] "SPEED CORRIDORS: North-South": worst ideas ever.

2009-11-10T17:47:00.000-08:00

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "SPEED CORRIDORS: North-South": worst ideas ever. Posted by Anonymous to L.A. traffic sucks: Let's fix it! at 11:12 PM nando replies: Thanks for the...

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RE: "Biking works for local trips but L.A. is too spread out for this to work. "

2008-11-24T21:01:00.000-08:00

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Anonymous wrote: Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Biking: If Portland can do it, why can't L.A. can ...": L.A. is nearly 4 times the size of Portland...

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RE: [Reader comment]: "The traffic problem has many factors..."

2008-08-21T19:04:00.000-07:00

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Open Discussion: Subway: "...ready to be taxed for...": The traffic problem has many factors... -Old streets that were never meant for buses (let...

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Relocating to LA: reader asks for suggestions to get around

2008-04-02T04:13:00.000-07:00

On 3/31/08, Corey wrote: Corey has left a new comment on your post "Telecommuting: count the benefits": Relocating to LA: Readers, I'm in the process of relocating to LA from Washington, DC (which...

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Telecommuting: count the benefits

2007-11-20T16:45:00.000-08:00

According to this article in reuters - Telecommuting found to boost morale, cut stress - 46 studies on telecommuting find it not only good for employees and their employers but also for the urban...

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Biking: If Portland can do it, why can't L.A. can do it?

2007-11-08T15:44:00.000-08:00

Here we go! Read all about "Bike City, U.S.A." The key to making biking part of the community? Simple. Make biking part of the local economy! If Portland can do it, why can't L.A. do...

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Vive la France! The "Vélibs" riders

2007-11-03T19:18:00.000-07:00

The newly elected President of France, Nichola Sarkozy, nicknamed "Sarko, l'Americain," ("Sarko, the American") is in love with all things American, so it's now safe again to say, "Vive la...

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The gas price factor: does it/will it ever really affect driving?

2007-10-30T18:44:00.000-07:00

This posting is more of a question mark than anything else. It's a fact that oil prices are at all-time record-breaking high. Will gas prices soon follow? Again? According to Business Week, gas...

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Traffic and technology: collective navigational driving

2007-10-20T00:03:00.000-07:00

Here's an interesting New York Times article on a technological device that can help drivers: Navigating With Feedback From Fellow Drivers (By Roy Furchgott - Published: October 18, 2007) Dash...

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OPEN DISCUSSION #12: "what does an unprotected light mean?"

2007-10-18T15:44:00.000-07:00

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Protected and unprotected lefts revisited: theory ...": I was in an accident in SanFrancisco recently; the driver of the other car reported that he...

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OPEN DISCUSSION #11: "why not just accept it and think about bettering the time you spend in traffic."

2007-10-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

[Swiss846] wrote: "You spend much time thinking about the traffic situation in LA. why not just accept it and think about bettering the time you spend in traffic. You talk about telecomuting, but...

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Traffic and technology: satellite radio

2007-10-12T14:08:00.000-07:00

Mel Karmazin, President & CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio was on Charlie Rose last night. Very interesting, to say the least. Actually, very enlightening. What does an interview with a media...

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RETHINK L.A.

2007-10-11T13:39:00.000-07:00

But of course! What was I thinking? In America, the best ideas to get a message across come from the advertising world! Saturn's "Rethink American" ad campaign, as crafted by Deutsch/LA ( Saturn...

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A philosophy of activism: What are we going to do about it?

2007-10-10T17:49:00.000-07:00

We can talk about traffic all day long in a thousand posts, but it won't make that much of a difference if no one ever does a thing about it. So we need not only creative solutions to a very...

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SPEED CORRIDORS: North-South

2007-10-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

Following up on our last post, if we speed up traffic by creating East-West "speed corridors" on all major roads on the Westside from Sunset to Venice, what happens to North-South traffic? Here's a...

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SPEED CORRIDORS: East-West

2007-10-07T23:15:00.000-07:00

Most of the panel discussion at the L.A. Press Club focused on "mobility," "capacity" and "flow" on the freeways in L.A. I believe that this is a misplaced and misguided emphasis. We have to get away...

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Dylan: "Don't follow leaders/Watch the parking meters"!

2007-10-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

In LA Traffic Panel Discussion - Volume II, Tom Rubin, former "Administrator for Public Transport" in Southern California says the following, So what we have is a situation where if we made a...

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LA Traffic Panel Discussion - Volume II: "NO" to adding capacity, "YES" to tolls?!?

2007-10-02T23:33:00.000-07:00

Here's the second part of that LA Traffic Panel Discussion: Ever-Lasting Gridlock? that took place at the L.A. Press Club on March 29 of this year. And here's my response: Mr. Johnston starts out...

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L.A. needs to transform itself

2007-10-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

L.A. needs to transform itself. The L.A. traffic and congestion problem cannot be solved without L.A. transforming itself into a more walkable, bikeable, scooterable, motorcycleable,...

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LA Traffic Panel Discussion - Volume I

2007-10-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

1 minute and 55 seconds of the video clip are dedicated to the reception: people snacking, drinking and mingling to the tune of the Beatles' "Baby, You Can Drive My Car." Then the three panelists are...

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The one and only true real solution to L.A traffic right now: lanesplitting on a motorcycle

2007-10-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

This guy, who goes by the name of "adamthelizard" on YouTube, and who has graciously allowed us to use his video here, is a Master Lanesplitter and he shows us how it's done on this cool video of...

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Experts, pundits, academics, and journalists weigh in on the issue

2007-10-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

Ok...! It's time to let the "experts and pundits," the former beauraucrats, present academics and ever-lasting journalists have their say! Guess what I found on YouTube? "Traffic in L.A. Panel...

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Technology used right to make a difference in traffic

2007-09-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

Just yesterday, I read this article on Yahoo News about the technology being used on campuses to alert students in case of an eventuality, an emergency or impending danger on campus. (See Texting,...

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