By Josh Epstein Santa Monica
Joseph Smith offers the kind of creative thinking we are going to need to fix the horrible traffic problem our city and Southern California currently faces ( “Oceans are key to traffic woes,” July 5). I was just offered a job in Irvine and declined because the commute would have been near impossible, however if I could have taken a ferry from Santa Monica to Newport and then a short bus to Irvine it would have been an option. This would also be a great option for getting to San Diego or Santa Barbara on a Friday afternoon and avoiding the 405 parking lot! I congratulate Pam O'Connor on her new position as Chair of the MTA and encourage her and others to consider these progressive ideas which have been adopted in other west coast cites like San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 9, 2007. Read the original PDF.