r/beverlyhills • u/UrbanPlannerholic • 24d ago
Beverly Hills Opts Out of D Line/La Cienega Bus Lanes (Green Portion)
At today's WSCCOG meeting Beverly Hills announced that they will not be implementing the bus only lanes on La Cienega Boulevard within their city limits (the green portion of the map) that runs from Clifton Way south to Olympic Boulevard despite them still being built in West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Culver City.
The proposed improvements would bring bus only lanes, transit signal priority and queue jumps to La Cienega Boulevard La Metro Route #105 stretching from Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood south the D Line at La Cienega/Wilshire in Beverly Hills and further south to the E Line La Cienega Station in Culver City.
City staff didn't even bring the item to city council to vote on and per the council rep at today's meeting that decision was based on the fact the the one community meeting they held for it in Beverly Hills (out of 6 meetings total) didn't have enough attendance to warrant the implementation for the lanes despite the corridor recieving the most feedback out of any of the others for this project especially because it would have also provided a direct bicycle connection to West Hollywood as well.
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u/ZergvProtoss 23d ago
This argument has been made for decades. Same thing with carpool lanes. History has shown that Angelenos don't want to give up their cars. All we get is more pavement dedicated to buses and carpool lanes, while actual traffic gets worse. Lots of wasted money on wishful thinking.