{"id":2109,"date":"2007-03-28T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2007-03-28T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T00:50:00","slug":"playing-on-the-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=2109","title":{"rendered":"Playing on the Freeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I\u2019ve been playing on the freeway. No, I\u2019m not referring to <a href=\"http:\/\/rtmap.metro.net\/html\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">my commute home<\/a>. I\u2019m referring to the <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times Bottleneck Blog<\/a> (syndicated on LJ as <a href=\"http:\/\/bottleneckblog.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">bottleneckblog<\/a>). There seem to be a bunch of folks on this blog that only see black and white: if it isn\u2019t a fully built out underground rail system for Los Angeles, it is no good. Busway&#8230; no good. HOV lanes&#8230; no good. Light rail&#8230; no good. Never mind the impact or cost of the construction. Never mind the impracticalities of it.  Equally, there are folks who think we should just turn everything into shimmering concrete: damn the houses or other impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Of course me, ever the pragmatist and the historian, can\u2019t stop from jumping in. So I have. What discussions, you might ask?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/wilshire_subway.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wilshire subway, bus fare hike: No!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/longer_buses_on.html\" target=\"_blank\">Longer buses on Orange Line<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/405_logjam.html\" target=\"_blank\">405 logjam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/a_roadplanning_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Freeway revolt in the Inland Empire<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/carpool_snitch_.html\" target=\"_blank\">Carpool &#8220;snitch line&#8221;: Is it needed?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/405_opposition_.html\" target=\"_blank\">405 opposition moves to Valley<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/beverly_hills_f.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beverly Hills Freeway: Revisionist history<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/freeway_conspir.html\" target=\"_blank\">Freeway conspiracy theory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/bottleneck\/2007\/03\/405_widening_he.html\" target=\"_blank\">405 widening: Here come the lawyers!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yup. That\u2019s me. Playin\u2019 on the freeway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I\u2019ve been playing on the freeway. No, I\u2019m not referring to my commute home. I\u2019m referring to the LA Times Bottleneck Blog (syndicated on LJ as bottleneckblog). There seem to be a bunch of folks on this blog that only see black and white: if it isn\u2019t a fully built out underground rail system <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=2109\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[158,136],"class_list":["post-2109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roadgeeking","category-lj-xfer","tag-railgeeking","tag-ridesharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}