The Community is Tired of the Traffic on Motor Avenue!
Here are just a few of the submitted comments:
"As a regular visitor to this area for art classes at the Klein Academy I was horrified to observe the mass ticketing! These are public streets, we all pay for them and to limit usage and penalize safe thoroughfare is, I believe, a fundamental violation of rights and arbitrary denial of taxpayer benefits. Please make it stop!"
“Motor avenue in the morning & evening rush has become a nightmare for no good reason. What has happened to our neighborhood?” Cheviot Hills Resident
“I live in Culver City and take Motor to and from my office in Century City every day. The traffic back up at National continues to get worse, particularly now with all the construction north of Palms. Please change the timing of the lights at National.” Local Business/Employee
“Trying to get to work in Century City, a 4 mile trip, is always marred by the traffic on Motor. I continually try new routes. Why should I have to? Please help us.” Palms Resident
"The traffic is horrible on the way to work every morning. I work at the intersection of motor and national, something needs to be done. Local business owner/employee." Palms Resident
"The original purpose of Motor Ave. was to connect the 20th Century Fox and MGM (now Sony) film studios. Speaking as someone who used to work for Sony and who now works for FOX, i use Motor to commute to work every day. Most of my total trip is not too bad but, as is well known, I get stuck in the northbound Motor traffic each morning. The people in Cheviot Hills loved to live there because of the studios once upon a time but where is the love now? Help me get to work on time so I can help make more great movies for everyone to enjoy! Thank you for starting this petition."
“25-30 cars waiting to pass intersection North on Motor and National, it is not traffic calming. It's a waste of gas, ruining environment, and time.”
"I work at 3303 Motor Ave. It takes about an extra 20 minutes in the morning to get to work because of traffic restrictions. I park on the street passed National on Motor ave. It is such a pain to get passed the National/Motor intersection because of the restrictions!! I can't see why we are not allowed to make a right hand turn onto Motor ave!! The traffic gets so backed up on Motor heading towards National because of this traffic law. I would like to say that there should be no restriction on making a right hand turn onto Motor Ave from National blvd at anytime of day!! " Local Business Owner/Employee
I live on the 10500 block of Woodbine Street and often witness motorists heading north on Motor aggressively cut through my neighborhood due to their frustration with the traffic. The traffic calming restrictions create an unnecessary hostile environment and causes more harm than good. I live in Palms and work in Century City. Motor is the most quickest, most logical route to take. Could we please compromise and make traffic more reasonable? Thank you. Palms Resident
"We have to sit through at least four consecutive red lights on Motor because of this. It's very frustrating. It takes up way too much time!"
"The traffic pile up every morning is insane. Something has to be done."
"13-year Palms resident near Jasmine & Tabor. The Motor Avenue traffic-calming reconfiguration has clogged the Motor Avenue and surrounding streets to the point of causing virtual gridlock in this area. It is as unproductive as are the turn restrictions at the intersection of Motor and National. I recommend reverting to the former traffic lane pattern on Motor Avenue, with attention to augmenting the bike lanes therein, and to allowing normal left turns from National onto Motor to allow traffic to get to where it needs to go." Palms Resident
"My special needs child attends school at Vista Del Mar on Motor and trying to get him there in the morning is a nightmare. We have been late to school several times."
"Thanks for helping remove this silly sign designed only to steal money from our neighbors. It frustrates me every time I drive by it!"
"I received my first moving violation ticket because of the traffic trap. I find it unacceptable that there is now no way to get on to Motor weekday morning without driving substantially out of the way. It's especially absurd given the fact that there is already a significant amount of increased traffic on our streets because of the Expo line construction."
"Really need that light changed especially since someone turned Motor into 1 lane and new apartments are way too big, bringing way too many people to the neighborhood."
"This is an outrage! Cheviot hills cannot dictate who can and can't drive on their streets. This is harming our residents and our businesses and it must be stopped."
"Thank you for working to fix this terrible problem!!!I have to commute from Palms to Century City every day. If I go to Overland or Robertson it takes me at least 45 minutes, If I take Motor it takes me 20 or less but half of that time is spent stuck on Motor waiting to get past National and I have received a very expensive ticket for turning right onto Motor from National. Also, I do not go to any of the businesses at or near this intersection at any time of the day or night because it is impossible to navigate parking with all of the no lefts, no rights, no uturns, I will not try to go to these businesses until these unnecessary signs are removed. I contacted every board member of culver city about this and they referred me to LA but I don't have time to work on this full time, I'd love to help in my off hours though because this issue with Motor is making me, a working business professional, think about moving out of the area and giving it back to the foreigners who once inhabited it. everyone else who is a working professional, will probably ultimately come to the same conclusion because the traffic problems are unacceptable and Palms is too hard to get in and out of without sitting in stop and go traffic."
"I work on motor and am stuck in traffic everyday trying to get to work. I have also received a ticket trying to turn onto motor at a no turn time."
"This has been very difficult from the beginning as we have 400 to 500 employees plus clients every day and it caused lots of issues."
"I have been working at Vista Del Mar located at 3200 Motor Avenue for more than 10 years. Never has my work commute been more horrible since the addition of the so called "traffic calming". I cannot believe how awful this impact has been. Now that Motor is down to one lane, it makes it impossible to get to work on time. I have also seen an increase in accidents as people are rushing and 3 to 4 cars turning at the end of a light. I don't understand the idea behind it or how they think this is effective for anyone. Thanks for listening."
"A nice lady saved me from a ticket this morning as I was about to turn northbound onto motor from national by displaying a sign, thanks! Also, let's get rid of that sign (and other similar ones) so traffic flows better in that area! Yeah!"
"Motor Avenue is used by many motorists for a reason , it is one of the very few traffic corridors that connect Venice to Century City. Rather than impeding traffic , the aim should be to ease the flow of the traffic through the area. If the aim is to move traffic to Overland which is the ONLY other viable traffic corridor then what is the traffic going to do once it gets to Pico? .East/West traffic on Pico is a nightmare , entering or exiting Overland is a nightmare, why would ANYONE in their right mind move more traffic onto Overland/Pico when they should be focused on moving traffic directly from point A>B . Directly in/out of Century City... "
"I received a $500 traffic ticket for turning N on Motor from National. I appreciate seeing the man with the sign at that intersection every morning warning others not to make that mistake. I hope we can one day turn N onto Motor from National."
Contact your elected officials & sign our petition!! Help us stop the traffic on Motor Avenue!
"As a regular visitor to this area for art classes at the Klein Academy I was horrified to observe the mass ticketing! These are public streets, we all pay for them and to limit usage and penalize safe thoroughfare is, I believe, a fundamental violation of rights and arbitrary denial of taxpayer benefits. Please make it stop!"
“Motor avenue in the morning & evening rush has become a nightmare for no good reason. What has happened to our neighborhood?” Cheviot Hills Resident
“I live in Culver City and take Motor to and from my office in Century City every day. The traffic back up at National continues to get worse, particularly now with all the construction north of Palms. Please change the timing of the lights at National.” Local Business/Employee
“Trying to get to work in Century City, a 4 mile trip, is always marred by the traffic on Motor. I continually try new routes. Why should I have to? Please help us.” Palms Resident
"The traffic is horrible on the way to work every morning. I work at the intersection of motor and national, something needs to be done. Local business owner/employee." Palms Resident
"The original purpose of Motor Ave. was to connect the 20th Century Fox and MGM (now Sony) film studios. Speaking as someone who used to work for Sony and who now works for FOX, i use Motor to commute to work every day. Most of my total trip is not too bad but, as is well known, I get stuck in the northbound Motor traffic each morning. The people in Cheviot Hills loved to live there because of the studios once upon a time but where is the love now? Help me get to work on time so I can help make more great movies for everyone to enjoy! Thank you for starting this petition."
“25-30 cars waiting to pass intersection North on Motor and National, it is not traffic calming. It's a waste of gas, ruining environment, and time.”
"I work at 3303 Motor Ave. It takes about an extra 20 minutes in the morning to get to work because of traffic restrictions. I park on the street passed National on Motor ave. It is such a pain to get passed the National/Motor intersection because of the restrictions!! I can't see why we are not allowed to make a right hand turn onto Motor ave!! The traffic gets so backed up on Motor heading towards National because of this traffic law. I would like to say that there should be no restriction on making a right hand turn onto Motor Ave from National blvd at anytime of day!! " Local Business Owner/Employee
I live on the 10500 block of Woodbine Street and often witness motorists heading north on Motor aggressively cut through my neighborhood due to their frustration with the traffic. The traffic calming restrictions create an unnecessary hostile environment and causes more harm than good. I live in Palms and work in Century City. Motor is the most quickest, most logical route to take. Could we please compromise and make traffic more reasonable? Thank you. Palms Resident
"We have to sit through at least four consecutive red lights on Motor because of this. It's very frustrating. It takes up way too much time!"
"The traffic pile up every morning is insane. Something has to be done."
"13-year Palms resident near Jasmine & Tabor. The Motor Avenue traffic-calming reconfiguration has clogged the Motor Avenue and surrounding streets to the point of causing virtual gridlock in this area. It is as unproductive as are the turn restrictions at the intersection of Motor and National. I recommend reverting to the former traffic lane pattern on Motor Avenue, with attention to augmenting the bike lanes therein, and to allowing normal left turns from National onto Motor to allow traffic to get to where it needs to go." Palms Resident
"My special needs child attends school at Vista Del Mar on Motor and trying to get him there in the morning is a nightmare. We have been late to school several times."
"Thanks for helping remove this silly sign designed only to steal money from our neighbors. It frustrates me every time I drive by it!"
"I received my first moving violation ticket because of the traffic trap. I find it unacceptable that there is now no way to get on to Motor weekday morning without driving substantially out of the way. It's especially absurd given the fact that there is already a significant amount of increased traffic on our streets because of the Expo line construction."
"Really need that light changed especially since someone turned Motor into 1 lane and new apartments are way too big, bringing way too many people to the neighborhood."
"This is an outrage! Cheviot hills cannot dictate who can and can't drive on their streets. This is harming our residents and our businesses and it must be stopped."
"Thank you for working to fix this terrible problem!!!I have to commute from Palms to Century City every day. If I go to Overland or Robertson it takes me at least 45 minutes, If I take Motor it takes me 20 or less but half of that time is spent stuck on Motor waiting to get past National and I have received a very expensive ticket for turning right onto Motor from National. Also, I do not go to any of the businesses at or near this intersection at any time of the day or night because it is impossible to navigate parking with all of the no lefts, no rights, no uturns, I will not try to go to these businesses until these unnecessary signs are removed. I contacted every board member of culver city about this and they referred me to LA but I don't have time to work on this full time, I'd love to help in my off hours though because this issue with Motor is making me, a working business professional, think about moving out of the area and giving it back to the foreigners who once inhabited it. everyone else who is a working professional, will probably ultimately come to the same conclusion because the traffic problems are unacceptable and Palms is too hard to get in and out of without sitting in stop and go traffic."
"I work on motor and am stuck in traffic everyday trying to get to work. I have also received a ticket trying to turn onto motor at a no turn time."
"This has been very difficult from the beginning as we have 400 to 500 employees plus clients every day and it caused lots of issues."
"I have been working at Vista Del Mar located at 3200 Motor Avenue for more than 10 years. Never has my work commute been more horrible since the addition of the so called "traffic calming". I cannot believe how awful this impact has been. Now that Motor is down to one lane, it makes it impossible to get to work on time. I have also seen an increase in accidents as people are rushing and 3 to 4 cars turning at the end of a light. I don't understand the idea behind it or how they think this is effective for anyone. Thanks for listening."
"A nice lady saved me from a ticket this morning as I was about to turn northbound onto motor from national by displaying a sign, thanks! Also, let's get rid of that sign (and other similar ones) so traffic flows better in that area! Yeah!"
"Motor Avenue is used by many motorists for a reason , it is one of the very few traffic corridors that connect Venice to Century City. Rather than impeding traffic , the aim should be to ease the flow of the traffic through the area. If the aim is to move traffic to Overland which is the ONLY other viable traffic corridor then what is the traffic going to do once it gets to Pico? .East/West traffic on Pico is a nightmare , entering or exiting Overland is a nightmare, why would ANYONE in their right mind move more traffic onto Overland/Pico when they should be focused on moving traffic directly from point A>B . Directly in/out of Century City... "
"I received a $500 traffic ticket for turning N on Motor from National. I appreciate seeing the man with the sign at that intersection every morning warning others not to make that mistake. I hope we can one day turn N onto Motor from National."
Contact your elected officials & sign our petition!! Help us stop the traffic on Motor Avenue!