Forcing you into their cities!-----L.A. Is Creating Traffic Jams to Push Commuters to Ride Bikes and Rail--2017!

L.A. Is Creating Traffic Jams to Push Commuters to Ride Bikes and Rail - ALEXIS GARCIA

• Coming soon to a city near you: the misguided movement to force you out of your car and onto a bike or trolley.

"In July of 2017, Los Angeles imposed a "road diet" in the quiet beach community of Playa del Rey, replacing car lanes with bike lanes and parking spaces. 

• The roads were suddenly jammed with traffic. 

The community was livid.
"Most of Playa Del Rey didn't know this was happening," says John Russo, a local resident and co-founder of Keep L.A. Moving, a community group formed to fight back against the city's unilateral decision to reconfigure the streets...
Road diets are part of a strategy known as Vision Zero, in which Los Angeles aims to eliminate all traffic-related fatalities by 2025....
But the city is still planning to implement over 40 road diet projects in other areas of Los Angeles, and major cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and Atlanta are pursuing similar policies...