Issues: Mobility
Cyclists ride through downtown Culver City during an open streets event.
In the coming year we’re publishing a series of newsletters on Issues that impact our community. Mobility is the first issue we’re tackling, and there are many more to come. Please lend your voice to this conversation.
How does our community get from one place to another? It’s one of the most critical questions Culver City faces. And it’s directly tied to another challenging question: How do we use limited public space to get people from one place to another?
We live in a city that has been plagued by standstill rush hour traffic for more than a decade. At the same time, it’s a city that has no room for more lanes of car traffic. And it’s a city that, for many in our community, simply doesn’t offer a safe, affordable, and convenient alternative to driving a car:
Pedestrians walk on cracked and uneven sidewalks and are forced to dodge speeding cars in unsafe crosswalks.
Bus riders face long wait times and overcrowded buses, often stuck in the same bumper-to-bumper traffic that drivers face.
Cyclists are often at risk of collision with a vehicle because protected and separated bike lanes exist on only a handful of streets.
In Culver City, we have an opportunity to add capacity to a transportation system that simply cannot carry any more cars by making it safer, more affordable, and more convenient to walk, bike, or ride transit.
As Culver City welcomes increasingly more residents, workers, and visitors in the coming years, this additional capacity will be essential. And our community will benefit by:
Easing the transition to a more sustainable transportation system that pollutes less.
Providing safer, faster transit for the people of color and lower income riders who make up a majority of our bus riders.
Building mobility alternatives for those in our community who cannot drive, including children, some seniors, some people with disabilities, and those who just cannot afford access to a car.
Slowing the increase in car traffic, which benefits those who have no choice but to drive.
Read more on mobility from Our Culver community:
Add your mobility stories to the conversation. Reach out to us at ourculver@gmail.com to tell your story.