Easing Congestion on LA’s West Side: Too Little Too Late?

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There have been twenty years of development on LA’s Westside, but no master plan for transportation.  The result is massive traffic congestion and a lot of unhappy people. Now the City Council has voted for temporary measures to ease the pain. Tonight we’ll hear about traffic signal improvements and left-turn lights.

Massive development has created job centers in Santa Monica, Century City and Westwood. The price for commuters is some of the worst traffic congestion in all of Los Angeles. City Councilman Jack Weiss asked the Department of Transportation for its master plan and found out there was none. The Transportation Department, LA Metro and Caltrans now have agreed to work one up. In the meantime, the City Council has approved $6 million dollars worth of projects to speed up the traffic. 

Guests:

• Jack Weiss: City Councilman
• Jay Handal: President of the Greater West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
• Bart Reed: Executive Director of the nonprofit Transit Coalition
• Ted Balaker: policy analyst for the Reason Foundation

Links:

• City Council To Vote On Wilshire's Bus-Only Lane (cbs2)
• Greuel, Weiss urge traffic plan (LA Daily News)

Host

Warren Olney

Considered the dean of Southern California broadcast journalists, Warren tackles the issues Southern Californians care about. Expanding that concept, To the Point deals with issues of national concern and is on air in most major metropolitan markets across the country. On any day, you’ll hear a fast-paced, news-based talk show featuring multiple perspectives on a single major issue, with Newsmaker and Reporters Notebook features, as well. 

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Karen Radziner, Katie Cooper, Frances Anderton, Christian Bordal, Dan Konecky, Vanessa Romo

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.