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Originally Posted by inSaeculaSaeculorum
The Bringing Back Broadway street plan ought to just get rid of street parking completely. It seems so cumbersome to have parking right there. In addition the streetcar will be sharing the sole southbound lane with other vehicles, making it just a cosmetically nicer bus. The long term goal I'd like to see is to close off Broadway to automobiles completely.
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As much as I think we need to stop catering to cars and take back space for pedestrians and cyclists, I disagree with removing street parking. That's the whole complete streets concept: to make space in our corridors for bikes, transits, pedestrians, and yes- cars too. We already have performance parking in Downtown LA where the prices at the meters rise and falls based on the time of day. That's pretty damn progressive. We don't need to go removing street parking on Broadway altogether.
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