LA Metro moves forward with Traffic Reduction Study, previously known as the Congestion Pricing Study
I want to share information with you about the third in a series of community outreach meetings presented by METRO as part of their congestion pricing program / traffic reduction study. I happened upon this info quite by accident and was relieved to find that there was still one more meeting to take place. If others also have not heard about this, then there is a problem with the nature of outreach being conducted by Metro.
I heard a short while ago that the plan to do congestion pricing in the WLA area west of the 405 has been dropped in favor of congestion pricing on the 10/ Santa Monica Freeway. This needs to be verified.
Here is the info on the upcoming meeting and where you can sign up:
The program is looking at the feasibility of implementing a variable fee that would be collected to enter core communities in an effort to limit the amount of private vehicle travel. The aim would be to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions in the process. The study is intended to ask many of the questions the public has raised, such as the traffic impact on surrounding neighborhood streets, financial impact on lower income communities, and how public transit options would need to be improved to make them viable alternatives for people who wish to avoid the fee.
LACBC wants to see all funds collected from any such fee invested in a targeted way to improve pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure that will connect historically disinvested communities to better public transportation and to offset costs for POC-owned small businesses that have no choice but to use a private automobile for their transportation needs.
You can learn more by attending one of the public information sessions about the Traffic Reduction Study coming up on Feb 16 and Feb 27.
We want to hear from you.
Metro will be holding a new round of community meetings on Zoom for the Traffic Reduction Study on the following dates:
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Wednesday, February 10 th , 6-7:30pm
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Tuesday, February 16th, 11:30am-1pm
- Saturday, February 27th, 1-2:30pm