San Fran killed off its downtown/Market Street area by eliminating cars. Today it is a desert of illegal aliens, drug dealers and homeless. Business have either closed or told their employees to work from home, for their own safety.
“Council members announced the Access to Hollywood plan in March. The project will add new bike lanes, bus lanes, wider sidewalks and other safety improvements such as crosswalks on 2.1 miles of Hollywood Boulevard — with a completion date of early 2025.
The plan will add bike lanes from La Brea Avenue on the border of West Hollywood to Fountain Avenue in Silver Lake. Bus lanes are expected to be placed from Orange Drive to Gower Street, with the aim of increasing public transit efficiency, reliability and giving Angelenos more travel options.
Unless the tourists are willing to ride a bike or fin a dirty, unreliable bus, like San Fran, they will abandon the area.
In short time, Hollywood Blvd will be as empty as Market Street. This is a murder, by government.
LA City to Unveil Bike Lane on Hollywood Boulevard as Part of Ongoing Project
by Contributing Editor, MyNewsLA, 8/15/24 https://mynewsla.com/life/2024/08/15/la-city-to-unveil-bike-lane-on-hollywood-boulevard-as-part-of-ongoing-project/#google_vignette
A new bike lane will officially open Thursday as part the first half of what is known as the “Access to Hollywood” plan, which are measures intended to improve pedestrian safety and mobility options for the area.
Los Angeles City Council members Hugo Soto-Martinez and Nithya Raman, who represent the 13th and 4th Districts, respectively, encompassing areas of Hollywood, will celebrate the opening of the protected bike lanes on Hollywood Boulevard from Virgil Avenue to Gower Street at a news conference. City leaders are expected to be joined by Laura Rubio-Cornejo, general manager of the L.A. Department of Transportation; and Michael Schneider, founder of Streets for All and a leader of the Yes on Measure HLA campaign.
Council members announced the Access to Hollywood plan in March. The project will add new bike lanes, bus lanes, wider sidewalks and other safety improvements such as crosswalks on 2.1 miles of Hollywood Boulevard — with a completion date of early 2025.
The plan will add bike lanes from La Brea Avenue on the border of West Hollywood to Fountain Avenue in Silver Lake. Bus lanes are expected to be placed from Orange Drive to Gower Street, with the aim of increasing public transit efficiency, reliability and giving Angelenos more travel options.
A center turn lane will also be introduced along the majority of the stretch to help mitigate delays caused by turning movements, and make it easier for firefighters or police officers to respond to emergencies.
These street improvements were necessitated due to alarming statistics of traffic violence along Hollywood Boulevard, officials said. Hollywood Boulevard is part of the city’s “High Injury Network,” which represents 6% of city streets that account for 70% of deaths and severe injuries for people walking.
According to a survey conducted by the Department of Transportation for the Hollywood Blvd Safety and Mobility Project, about 87% of respondents said that improving safety on Hollywood Boulevard is very important to them and 76% said that cars traveling at high speeds make them feel unsafe along the corridor.
The project was primarily funded by an $8 million investment by Metro’s Active Transportation Program. Officials noted the partnership between the city and Metro could serve as a model to implement Measure HLA, which was recently approved by voters in the March 5 election. “Access to Hollywood” is part of a broader strategy in the coming years to revitalize Hollywood, officials said, as well as plans to increase shelter beds, improve the CIRCLE unarmed response program, building the first public bathrooms in Hollywood and help new businesses thrive in the area.
Another nail in the California coffin. Hollywood’s glory days vanished decades ago. Perhaps it is time for the city to vanish.