LA: smart move on parking, dumb move on roads

Today on Street Heat LA, the LA DOT took a knee-jerk position around moving cars smoothly at the expense of pedestrians when it insisted that the LA County Museum of Art remove a traffic light and crosswalk across Wilshire in front of its entrance and actually fill in the median to prevent people from crossing the street. On the other hand, the LA City Council is pushing for greater compliance and enforcement of California’s parking cash-out law, which quite simply says that if your employer is paying to give you free parking, you should be able to get the money instead of the parking if you get to work another way.