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GWNC 2026
Transportation Committee

The everyday condition of Greater Wilshire’s streets is a top concern.

Transportation, traffic safety on residential blocks, and the standalone parking matters the city splits from development cases are all real concerns. But it is the everyday condition of the streets, the paving, the sidewalks, that comes up first, and almost universally.

Lead concern
294of 341 · 86%

Street and sidewalk maintenance including potholes, street lights and speed humps.

294 of 341 respondents flagged this.
City-service satisfaction

How satisfied stakeholders are with the services this committee touches

1 = not at all satisfied, 5 = very satisfied. N/A responses are counted but not charted.

Street repair2.0 / 5
141
1
88
2
70
3
27
4
4
5
Not satisfiedVery satisfied
n = 330 · 3 N/A
Transportation (LADOT and Metro)3.0 / 5
36
1
34
2
81
3
59
4
25
5
Not satisfiedVery satisfied
n = 235 · 85 N/A
By geographic area

Where “Street and sidewalk maintenance” registers most strongly

Each geographic area’s share of its own respondents who named this concern. Click any geographic area to see its full survey cut.

From the survey

Specific locations stakeholders asked GWNC to carry to the city

Direct quotes from the free-text callouts, ranked. Each entry is a sentence a stakeholder wrote; the keywords show why this committee picked it up.

  1. disused pedestrian tunnel at Olympic/Orange Dr

    Sycamore Squarekeywords: pedestrian
  2. furthermore, the street trash receptacles are commonly overflowing with trash — it doesn't seem that the City empties public trash receptacles according to their popularity, and often the can next to a well-trafficked bus stop will always need emptying

    Sycamore Squarekeywords: bus stop
  3. throughout area 9, graffiti, broken sidewalks, homeless encampments, trash and dumping of large items on sidewalks, parking shortage

    Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrewskeywords: sidewalks, parking
  4. Severe pothole on Beverly Blvd between Plymouth and Beachwood, westbound, right hand lane

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: pothole
  5. Illegal parking on median strip on Larchmont Blvd

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: parking
  6. The apps direct the traffic down the street

    Citrus Squarekeywords: traffic
  7. Sidewalks need repair and many people have fallen on the broken sidewalks

    Citrus Squarekeywords: sidewalks
  8. homeless everywhere including larchmont bl, dirty sidewalks same, small biz we currently seem to support sidewalk vendors instead, not sure what sr services are avail in my area, public safety is no brainer, parks we can always make improvements Burns Park seems to be still a nice park - I do struggle with the 10 sec crosswalk light across Bev Blvd & stopped going

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: sidewalk, sidewalks, crosswalk
  9. Traffic and speeding by page Academy on Larchmont

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: speeding, traffic
  10. Street lights out all over the area, severe potholes due to recent rains, numerous break ins in Larchmont village - poor police response

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: potholes
  11. Also there are very badly damaged sidewalks on Clinton and Rosewood in Larchmont Vllage between Larchmont and Arden Blvd

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: sidewalks
  12. Broken sidewalks throughout Larchmont Village due to ficus trees

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: sidewalks
  13. The sidewalks are so bumpy in these areas as well

    Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrewskeywords: sidewalks
  14. It is also very challenging to push a stroller through the bumpy sidewalks

    Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrewskeywords: sidewalks
  15. A lawsuit had to be filed against me and the city for them to fix the sidewalk outside my house, when have filed multiple claims over the years

    Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrewskeywords: sidewalk
  16. Speeding on Oakwood between highland and June

    Hancock Parkkeywords: speeding
  17. steel plates and curb/street maintenance

    Hancock Parkkeywords: curb
  18. The sidewalks are worse with multiple falls and resulting law suits against the city and homeowners

    Hancock Parkkeywords: sidewalks
  19. Uneven sidewalks everywhere

    Hancock Parkkeywords: sidewalks
  20. Parking in the Larchmont left-turn lane in the center of the street

    Windsor Squarekeywords: parking
  21. excessive speeding on North Lucerne between Beverly and 1st-we desperately need speed bumps as well as enforcement of 2 hour parking

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: speeding, speed, speed bumps, parking
  22. Speeding (no bumps) on 400 block of north Las Palmas Avenue

    Hancock Parkkeywords: speeding
  23. Street lighting to be increased and sidewalk repairs to be increased

    Hancock Parkkeywords: sidewalk
  24. THE BOTTLE NECK AT MELROSE AND HIGHLAND WITH THE VALLET PARKING AT THE RESTAURANT EVERY EVENING

    Hancock Parkkeywords: parking
  25. THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT 3RD &HIGHLAND

    Hancock Parkkeywords: traffic
  26. City keeps adding buildings with limited parking, so neighborhood streets get cars driving through and parking

    Hancock Parkkeywords: parking
  27. There is trash on the sidewalks

    Hancock Parkkeywords: sidewalks
  28. Sidewalks are in Terrible condition and are a fall and accident risk

    Hancock Parkkeywords: sidewalks
  29. I have almost been hit by a driver speeding g down rosewood near Lucerne

    Hancock Parkkeywords: speeding
  30. Speeding a running stop signs is a daily event on Wilcox

    Hancock Parkkeywords: speeding, stop signs

Showing the first 30 of 322 matched callouts. The full list is in the underlying data file; committee chairs can request it.

Priorities in residents’ own words

What Transportation stakeholders wrote when given a blank box

Themes coded from the free-text "top one to three issues" question (n=304 non-empty responses). One response can touch multiple themes; counts do not sum to 304.

  1. 68of 304 · 22%

    Sidewalk and pothole repair

    • Keeping the sidewalks clean, upping security, and street/sidewalk maintenance
      La Brea / Hancock
    • Potholes and sidewalk repairs. Street lights repaired. Efforts to stop multi family buildings in the R1 HPOZ.
      Hancock Park
    • Traffic and potholes, sidewalks and car accidents at the light at Lucerne and Olympic.
      Windsor Village
  2. 34of 304 · 11%

    Traffic and intersection safety

    • Speeding cars -- address with more road humps, traffic circles, closing intersections at Wilshire Blvd and Olympic Blvd.
      Windsor Village
    • Traffic safety (get some motorcycle officers to sit at problem intersections and write tickets for failure to stop; crime/home & vehicle break-ins; affordable housing.
      Windsor Village
    • Public Safety, city cleanliness, and traffic congestion.
      Windsor Square
  3. 28of 304 · 9%

    Speeding and unsafe driving

    • Speeding and not stopping at stop signs 200 block Mansfield Ave no speed bumps Parking without permits bogus handicapped placards
      Citrus Square
    • Safety (crime), Road Safety (speeding and red light running), cameras at key intersections to help with all of these issues?
      Windsor Square
    • Safety from home burglaries and speeding/stop sign running on Citrus between Beverly and 3rd
      Citrus Square
  4. 14of 304 · 5%

    Standalone parking and curb management

    Parking attached to development cases is routed to Land Use per cross-cutting rule.

    • Homeless camps Homeless people RVs Home invasions Trespass Copper wire theft.
      Brookside
    • Need for permit parking on Westchester north of Olympic; all other streets have it but Westchester still has no parking from 2 to 4AM; the homeless on Olympic around Norton and Bronson; it is scary.
      Wilshire Park
    • crime (includes street lights), start enforcing parking violations: too many RV's and commercial trucks parking in our residential streets and safe sidewalks that have been broken due to tree roots.
      Wilshire Park
  5. 10of 304 · 3%

    Pedestrian and bike safety

    • Homelessness, robbery/ burglary and trash on pedestrians areas
      Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrews
    • 1. CRIME: How about police that patrol on foot or bicycle 2. Vacant lots that remain empty and attract vagrants 3. graffiti and cleanliness
      Hancock Park
    • Lack of safe bike routes, unsafe driving
      Hancock Park

Free-text mentions, coded by theme. Word-boundary matching; no substring matches. Quotes are verbatim and rendered only with the respondent’s testimonial consent. See methodology for the coding method and the full theme list.

The counterbalance

What residents told us they value about Greater Wilshire.

Concerns coexist with what works. These quotes are answers to a different survey question: “What do you value most about living or working in Greater Wilshire?”

Central location in the City, the community, historic beauty and charm
Larchmont Village
The scale of housing and retail, walkability to businesses, community
Larchmont Village
The duality of a quiet place to live but walking distance to some of the best restaurants in the country and a 5 minute drive from historic landmarks / theaters.
Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrews
I grew up in area and would like it to keep it's charm and community feel
Brookside
it is a charming nieghborhood
Larchmont Village
What we’re asking the city

The ask, in plain language

Addressed to
  • · CD5 and CD13 field deputies
  • · LADOT
  • · StreetsLA (Bureau of Street Services)
  • · Metro

This section is in development.

Once the committee has reviewed the survey data and reached its own conclusions, what it’s asking the city will be published here.