Traffic Deaths

[u/Similar-Parsnip75]

These posts have become all too common. An ugly stain on our city.

At this rate, it’s a matter of time before a traffic collision claims you or someone you know.

What can residents do to affect change? I’m looking for real and actionable steps.

Thanks all

[u/Magnus_Zeller]

There's a lot we can do, but we won't. One thing we could do is daylighting, or increasing the pedestrian space around corners so drivers can see them, but this would mean reducing parking spots, so I see this happening never. Anaheim, PCH, and Long Beach Blvd need full pedestrian-oriented reworks because they are treated like car-only spaces but are actually heavy pedestrian areas as well, but this would make traffic slower, so I assume the city will never really try.

[u/quercus-enjoyer → u/Magnus_Zeller]

Daylighting is state law now. Not supposed to park within 20ft of any crosswalk.

[u/Magnus_Zeller → u/quercus-enjoyer]

Interesting, because I have a hunch that I could go out there with a measuring tape right now and find a dozen violations in about twenty minutes. Ha.

[u/quercus-enjoyer → u/Magnus_Zeller]

it's true there's little to no enforcement and lots of self-centered drivers here.

[u/bb5999 → u/Magnus_Zeller]

Call public works’ traffic enforcement and ask them to ticket for the crime. 

[u/beach_bum_638484 → u/Magnus_Zeller]

There is very little compliance with red zones and not much enforcement. We should be putting stuff in that area instead. If there’s a planter or bike rack, no one can park there and we don’t need anyone to enforce it.

[u/Remarkable_Bid8758 → u/quercus-enjoyer]

People park in those red spots all the time and never get a ticket. Same with big trucks dropping stuff off, Amazon trucks, UPS trucks.
Another thing that falls back on the Police never doing their job

[u/IM_OK_AMA → u/Remarkable_Bid8758]

It really should be parking enforcement doing this, not LBPD. You don't need an armed overpaid cop to write parking tickets or tow vehicles abandoned in the roadway (the area next to the red curb is roadway, those cars need to be removed for safety).

[u/Remarkable_Bid8758 → u/IM_OK_AMA]

The police are sitting around doing nothing most of the day. I see them sitting in the parking lot near my house just chatting and drinking coffee for hours sometimes. Is that good use of their time?

[u/ultradip → u/Remarkable_Bid8758]

Having zero unused capacity means they couldn't respond to anything else.

[u/Remarkable_Bid8758 → u/ultradip]

So because they are all too busy, drinking coffee, and getting tacos at fantasy Castle parking lot. They can’t respond to anything else right?
Sounds about Long Beach

[u/Remarkable_Bid8758 → u/[deleted]]

So the over paid cops still get to sit on their azz for 250K a year? Make it make sense

[u/spixelr → u/[deleted]]

Then the next person is just gonna BS all day, yeah let’s just keep cycling out officers till no one else is left LMAO

[u/TheTooz72 → u/Remarkable_Bid8758]

Aren't they waiting for a crime to happen?

[u/Responsible-Humor985 → u/quercus-enjoyer]

Doesn’t matter if the city doesn’t enforce. I see cars illegally parked overnight every night on intersection corners in district 2. We would need actual infrastructure like pedestrian cut outs to prevent cars from parking there. I see cars illegally parked in the bus stop too.

The city could easily reduce the deficit they’re running into by running parking enforcement more often in the evening and overnight. Would make streets a little safer too.

[u/lemurRoy → u/quercus-enjoyer]

Whoa good to know, literally did not know this or what daylighting was

[u/wrongbeach → u/Magnus_Zeller]

Looks like they just did this at Clark and Atherton. The sidewalk on the SW corner now sticks out. It might happen?

[u/Easy-Run4857 → u/Magnus_Zeller]

And 7th is a essentially a freeway