"Elegant And Subtle" 40-Foot LED Signs To Hover Over The 405
1) These signs are an embarrassment to the entire region/state. The entire 405 between LAX and Orange County is being overrun with them.
2) Once you allow one, the floodgates essentially open. We’re at that point now. How can you say no to the next guy?
3) No matter what anyone says, these signs are distracting when compared to standard billboards, especially at night. It will be difficult to prove for certain, but they will cause accidents. It’s only a matter of time.
4) Any time one of these eyesores/shameless promotion vehiciles goes up, it’s yet another sign that our elected leaders are disregarding the public safety/quality of life of their constituency in favor of a very narrow, likely moneyed, private interest. Always a promising sign.
Mid-Century Friedman House Returns With Retouching In Brentwood's Crestwood Hills
seems like a good price to me – hip style in Brentwood with grass for less than 2 mil. considering what folks are paying for average places in the miracle mile I’d go for this
Yes, Measure R said subway to Westwood and even though the VA is really between Brentwood and Westwood, they though they could get away with that at least.
Yes, Sylmar to LAX would go through the Sepulveda Pass. Fantastic line, although I think the only way they build it is with a privately built car tunnel that will charge high fees as will the rail tunnel.
I agree that the Purple Line should not have ended at the VA, which is a terrible spot for a terminal station (really a terrible spot
for any station). The Line needs to go to at least Bundy.
I disagree on the Sepulveda Pass Line. A line from Sylmar to LAX would be fantastic. It would connect the Orange Line, two Metrolink lines, the Purple Line, the Expo Line and the Green Line. It would also be a line where people could travel faster by train than car. You are talking probably a couple hundred thousand people using this line. I do think this will be a PPP where the entity will charge a premium fare.
Should Metro Ask For New Transpo Tax Or Measure R Extension?
@Dan W.: Agreed. While I realize this is a county wide tax and it needs to benefit the whole county to be politically viable, I’d prefer to see a little more common sense emanating from Metro’s Long Range Transportation Plans. Among the foreseeable failures:
1) A subway station in the middle of an effective freeway interchange at the VA Hospital
2) Not extending the Purple Line to Santa Monica/Beach
3) A Sepulveda Pass Tunnel/Rail Line through practically rural population density that would connect an SF Valley that is relatively ill-suited to public transit/walkability.
4) Lack of Rail in West Hollywood & environs, a dense/walkable area that practically screams for public transportation
Curbed Cup Round 1 Results! Venice And WeHo Knocked Out
@Dan Golding: And your comment is exactly why the Westside doesn’t really count. It (you) consider anyone north of Brentwood, south of LAX and east of Beverly Hills as a douche or hipster or doesn’t count (as in the Valley. Although you’re not too far off on that)
Look At This Crazy-Handsome New Parking Structure In SaMo
@Buildings R Us:
This structure reflect’s Samo’s wisdom, recognizing that the vast majority of paying customers coming inbound to downtown have real lives and jobs, and aren’t about to submit to your transit and density fetishism.
People who come to Santa Monica from the valley, Brentwood, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Venice, the South Bay, and points in between ARENOT going to sit on a bus bench at 7-11 o’clock at night, to transfer to or from a train that runs at bus-like speeds. If they come at all – and Santa Monica has some serious public safety issues pending that they’d better address (officially, they are, we’ll see…), they’re going to drive, so they can drive home safely and expeditiously.
We drive for much the same reason – even if outbound is slow as molasses, the trip home is on our schedule, speedy and direct. No sitting for an hour or two, wondering "if", not "when", your ride will come, and whether you’ll live to tell of it.