Editorial: Why does it have to be so hard to get a speed hump in Los Angeles?
LA TimesWhat’s the most exclusive, hard-to-get reservation in Los Angeles? We’re referring to the mad rush that happens roughly once a year when the city opens the application window for speed humps. Opinion Editorial: Measure HLA win shows Angelenos really do want walkable, bikeable, safer streets Los Angeles leaders sat on the city’s ambitious Mobility Plan for years, fearing political pushback to bike, bus and pedestrian improvements. To be more inclusive, the department could lengthen the application window so more residents would have the opportunity to submit requests and use a lottery to pick the streets that “win” speed humps. Last year the City Council voted to install speed humps around 50 high-priority schools after a mother was killed while walking her daughter to an elementary school in Hancock Park.
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