Another L.A. Times article on the SoCal penchant for driving

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On the heels of the "road diet" op-ed piece, a synopsis of a KQED radio broadcast has shown up in the pages of the L.A. Times.  This one's a little less "screedy", although a few passages tend to be marginally "anti-automotive" in a "nudge, nudge,wink, wink" sort of manner.  A few interesting points were made, though; including:

     >An assertation that the Arroyo Seco Parkway was, more than the massive arteries that followed, designed specifically to fit into the   urban environment (although not specifically mentioned, the Moses NYC parkway system would also seem to fit this assessment).

     >The availability of freeways -- principally in the early (pre-mid-60's) freeway days -- "normalized" the concept of longer-distance travel for commutes and commerce within at least SoCal. 

     >Congestion is a normal state for urban areas worldwide; just because L.A. has, according to stats, the worst congestion in the nation if not the world, doesn't mean it's an outlier -- just the "leader" in this regard; it's hardly atypical. 

Here's the piece: https://www.scpf.org/news/2018/04/05/82096/how-california-car-culture-killed-the-promise-of-a/#nws=mcnewsletter