My Letter to the Editor

Please stop the insanity of CicLAvia.

The last thing Los Angeles needs is more traffic.  Of all the streets in town, why close the main thoroughfare of the city, Wilshire Blvd?  There are plenty of other spots: Downtown; Skid Row, Figueroa St; Angeles Crest Highway; Ocean Blvd in Santa Monica, PCH.

And why are the events never well publicized to the residents?  It sneaks up on the locals and there's nothing worse than driving to an engagement and finding Wilshire completely closed and terrible traffic on Western and La Brea thoroughfares.  Carmageddon, the LA Marathon, all these events manage to publicize and allow residents to plan around them.  Even TV shows notify people in the neighborhood when they will be filming.
Traffic is one of the biggest problems in Los Angeles.  The organizers of CicLAvia seem to take a perverse delight in exacerbating it.

I doubt it'll get published.  So I'm glad to have a blog.