"A Conversation with Antonio Villaraigosa"
Charlie Rose Interview 2/20/08
"You're not who you say you are, you're what you do. And the best way to know what you're going to do, is know what you've done." - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
(Hey...stop laughing! Alright, alright...we know, we know...he has done nothing, so this means he will do nothing. Maaaaaan, did you walk into that one, Tony.)
LA TIMES on Villar's Traffic Plans:
L.A. officials do a 180 in traffic planning
With the Santa Monica Freeway congested, they're looking at increasing the capacity of Olympic and Pico boulevards to ease traffic on the Westside. As is the case with most traffic plans, this one has caused a huge stink. Businesses and residents have complained that it would affect the livability of their neighborhood. Some have threatened to file suit to stop it. Villaraigosa appeared on Charlie Rose last week and the first question lobbed at him involved traffic, and it's clear the mayor gets that there's a problem.
In this case, however, what the city is doing also happens to rub against the grain of modern urban planning.
"One way you can move toward less congestion is if you provide people better accessibility and walkability and more pleasant streets," said Gail Goldberg, the city's chief planner, who is not wild about the Olympic-Pico plan. "But as a city we're not ready for that conversation yet."
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Monday, February 25, 2008
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