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Preliminary Results of Miracle Mile Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Plan

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Preliminary Results of Miracle Mile Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Plan In October 2014 the Miracle Mile Residential Association [MMRA] commissioned a “Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Plan” of the Miracle Mile. The MMRA selected Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc. to prepare a comprehensive study of the area with special focus on 8th Street between La Brea Avenue and Fairfax … Continue reading Preliminary Results of Miracle Mile Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Plan

LaBonge Signs Off on Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan

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LaBonge Signs Off on Miracle Mile Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Councilmember Tom LaBonge and Miracle Mile Residential Association President James O’Sullivan met Monday, June 16, 2014, to finalize details for the Miracle Mile Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan [NTMP]. The MMRA has been seeking to implement the plan since last October – working in close cooperation … Continue reading LaBonge Signs Off on Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan

Q & A: An interview with Mindy Lake and Michael Cortez, members of Metro’s Construction Relations Team

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Q & A: On the Front Lines of Subway Construction in the Miracle Mile An interview with Mindy Lake and Michael Cortez, members of Metro’s Construction Relations Team After almost two years of advanced utility relocation (and a couple more to go at Wilshire and Fairfax), the main event will begin soon at La Brea and … Continue reading Q & A: An interview with Mindy Lake and Michael Cortez, members of Metro’s Construction Relations Team

Subway Construction Update: Violent Robbery Complicates Effort to Keep Bank of America Parking Lot Open

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  Northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. [Google Maps]  Subway Construction Update: Violent Robbery Complicates Effort to Keep Bank of America Parking Lot Open Work is underway at the northwest corner of Wilshire and La Brea to prepare a staging yard for the Purple Line Extension. The project contractor, Skanska Traylor Shea, is constructing a … Continue reading Subway Construction Update: Violent Robbery Complicates Effort to Keep Bank of America Parking Lot Open

Betrayal in the Council District 4 Race • One Person’s Opinion

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Betrayal in the Council District 4 Race One Person’s Opinion by James O’Sullivan, MMRA President In the Western classic, One Eyed Jacks (1961), starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden, one line really jumped off the screen and has stuck with me over the years. Early in the movie Malden’s character betrays Brando’s character, resulting in hard time … Continue reading Betrayal in the Council District 4 Race • One Person’s Opinion

How “Density Bonus” Laws Cut the Community Out of the Loop

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How “Density Bonus” Laws Cut the Community Out of Loop Appeal Denied on 742 South Ridgeley Drive Apartment Project A 12-unit condo (foreground) and 45-unit “bonus density” apartment building (background) under construction on the 700 block of South Ogden Drive.   Approval of a new apartment project at 742 South Ridgeley Drive [photo below] was reaffirmed at … Continue reading How “Density Bonus” Laws Cut the Community Out of the Loop

MMRA Meets with Metro • Seeks to Shift Nighttime Utility Relocations to Daytime Hours

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  MMRA Meets with Metro Seeks to Shift Nighttime Utility Relocations to Daytime Hours Miracle Mile Residential Association President James O’Sullivan and Vice President Ken Hixon met with representatives of Metro and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation [LADOT] on January 27, 2015 to discuss the noise and vibration impacts of ongoing nighttime utility relocation … Continue reading MMRA Meets with Metro • Seeks to Shift Nighttime Utility Relocations to Daytime Hours

Angry Residents Confront Metro Officials at Noise Meeting

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Subway Construction Update Angry Residents Confront Metro Officials at Noise Mitigation Meeting On May 27, Metro held a meeting of the Purple Line Extension advisory group at the Petersen Museum. On the agenda was Metro’s mitigation plan for construction noise and vibration in the Miracle Mile. Metro’s PowerPoint presentation on the topic can be seen … Continue reading Angry Residents Confront Metro Officials at Noise Meeting

MMRA Launches Petition Campaign to Stop Nighttime, Sunday, and Holiday Subway Construction at the La Brea and Fairfax Stations

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On January 10, 2014, Metro submitted formal requests to the Los Angeles Police Commission seeking exemptions from work hours restrictions in order to allow contractors at the Fairfax and La Brea subway stations to work around the clock, seven days a week. Demolition of the existing buildings at the construction staging sites will begin in … Continue reading MMRA Launches Petition Campaign to Stop Nighttime, Sunday, and Holiday Subway Construction at the La Brea and Fairfax Stations