Wilshire bus lane hits a snag with Rosendahl

The proposal to dedicate a lane each way of Wilshire Boulevard to Bus Rapid Transit during the hours when the street is already at its most packed has picked up a new obstacle in Westside Councilman Bill Rosendahl. He wants to consider a bus lane running only from MacArthur Park west to Beverly Hills, but not west of Beverly Hills through Westwood and West L.A. The council will ponder it all on Wednesday, knowing it's tricky. There's opposition to the bus lane among residents and commuters, but Wilshire also is Metro's busiest bus corridor and right now full Rapid Buses have to slog along in congestion with everybody else. "We are mortified by what Rosendahl is doing," said Bart Reed, director of the Transit Coalition.

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