One-way could be wrong way: plan to revamp Pico, Olympic boulevards draws fire.(TRAFFIC)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: May 7, 2007| Author: Fine, Howard | Copyright information

A proposal to turn Olympic and Pico boulevards into mostly one-way streets is generating resistance from businesses along the 14-mile corridor from downtown to the ocean--especially in Koreatown where 500 business owners have joined in opposition.

Although Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky put forward the radical plan as a relatively cheap and fast way to ease traffic congestion on the gridlocked Westside, many business owners fear that access for customers w...