https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huM2UkQndTg
Bay Area native "CitiesbyDiana" takes a rather dim view of the Arroyo Seco Pkwy (SR110). She thinks it's an egregious symbol of LA's car dependence. All I can say is that if Los Angeles in general and the Arroyo Seco Pkwy in particular have already reached Peak Traffic, and have begun to decline in traffic numbers, then nothing NEEDS to be done with that piece of American history known as the Arroyo Seco Pkwy.
Another urbanist doesn't like the Arroyo Seco Parkway...what a shock.
It's unfortunate that due to its historical status, no upgrades will ever be made to the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Maybe, back in the day, the Arroyo Seco Parkway could have been proposed to connect to the Interstate 210 freeway, perhaps by utilizing the existing 710 spur on south to the parkway. That likely would have greatly increased usage on the Arroyo Seco, but it would have closed the gap that the 710 extension was proposed to address.
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on Today at 01:30:00 PMIt's unfortunate that due to its historical status, no upgrades will ever be made to the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Maybe, back in the day, the Arroyo Seco Parkway could have been proposed to connect to the Interstate 210 freeway, perhaps by utilizing the existing 710 spur on south to the parkway. That likely would have greatly increased usage on the Arroyo Seco, but it would have closed the gap that the 710 extension was proposed to address.
The right of way needed to pull that off would have been even more cumbersome than the later 710 tunnel ideas.
Urbanism or not I don't get what some people want here with the Arroyo Seco Parkway? It is an older freeway which incorporated a major arterial road (Figueroa) into the final design. It is just plan never going to meet modern design standards for freeways. Outside of niche commuters from Pasadena it has more value as a historic corridor.
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on Today at 01:30:00 PMIt's unfortunate that due to its historical status, no upgrades will ever be made to the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Maybe, back in the day, the Arroyo Seco Parkway could have been proposed to connect to the Interstate 210 freeway, perhaps by utilizing the existing 710 spur on south to the parkway. That likely would have greatly increased usage on the Arroyo Seco, but it would have closed the gap that the 710 extension was proposed to address.
The big problem is trucks. The AS Parkway really can't handle the trucks, and so one would have to make them exit as happens with 580 in Oakland. The other issues: The right of way would have been businesses, so perhaps more tolerable ... however, there would have been a crossing of the rail line, which might have been more of a problem back then. Additionally, the diagonal from Glenarm to the stub would have run smack into Huntington Hospital, which might have been why the idea never came up.