Editorial: Want to make L.A.’s biggest park safer and more enjoyable? Close more Griffith Park roads to cars
LA TimesFlowers mark the location where bicyclist Andrew Jelmert, 77, was killed after being struck by a vehicle while participating in the AIDS/LifeCycle charity ride in Griffith Park on April 16. And some of those cities, including San Francisco and Washington, D.C., found the closed routes were so popular and well used, they’ve continued to ban cars on certain park roads. Park officials have been considering how to make the roads safer for several years, including hiring a consultant to develop a plan to reduce cut-through traffic and slow speeding cars. Drivers treat Griffith Park Drive and Crystal Springs Drive as shortcuts to avoid traffic on Interstate 5 and the 134 Freeway. Besides the closure of Griffith Park Drive, officials are considering additional changes over the coming months, including restricting the hours that drivers can access park roads from the I-5 or 134 Freeway — to reduce cut-through traffic — and narrowing road lanes and installing raised crosswalks to slow speeding cars.
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