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Parking Lot * USA - Hollywood Blvd Embraces its Truck Stop Future
Hollywood Blvd. is one of the most famous streets in the world and to many people, it's known as the Walk of Fame. It has also become the City’s truck stop
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -City Watch, by Stephen Box -11 Sept 2009: ... Tourists come from around the world to walk the Boulevard, starting at LA Brea and passing the Roosevelt Hotel, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Kodak Theater, Ripley's, Madame Tussauds, the El Capitan, the Egyptian, the Pig 'n Whistle, Musso & Frank's, Boardner's ... phew! We haven't even hit Vine Street! Keep going and there's the Pantages Theater, the Music Box Theatre, a great view of the Hollywood sign and an equally good view of the Griffith Observatory. It's as if Hollywood Boulevard is the center of the Entertainment Industry universe... All of which could change quickly, especially if LA's leadership continues to support the Trucking Industry with the bold and cavalier carte blanche that they have offered thus far... Hollywood Boulevard is designated as a Major Highway. Calls to Council members Eric Garcetti and Tom LaBonge yield instructions from local deputies on how to dial 311, an exercise in futility that leaves the caller frustrated and the 311 operator confused. The LAPD defer to the LADOT, the LADOT has been aware of the problem for two years and Chief Jimmy Price himself has claimed that the department is all over it and yet...the Hollywood Boulevard is still an 18 Wheeler Parking lot... The simple secret is this: the parking ticket is cheaper than the off-street parking fee plus the shuttle back home. Locals park 18 Wheelers on Hollywood Boulevard because they can... (Video from YouTube, by stephenmbox - 10 Sept 2009: "Hollywood Blvd Trucks". Hollywood Blvd is world famous. It's the Walk of Fame! It's also a busy Major Highway, two lanes in each direction with no bike lanes and little room for negotiation. That's what makes it so hard to believe when the City of LA's leadership ignores the 18 Wheelers parked illegally and in such a way that they impede traffic on the already congested boulevard. C'mon now, this is Hollywood!)
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