Second in a series. 

Re: “Addressing Congestion – Then Solving It” 

Paying a slow price for its primo location as a cut-through community for thousands of commuters, Culver City alone cannot resolve its weekday traffic congestion, says City Councilman Goran Eriksson.

His assignment at last summer’s Strategic Planning Retreat was to explore avenues of resolution. That is what Mr. Eriksson has been doing.

No surprise – a solution will not be found before the next edition.

Calmly, as is his manner, Mr. Eriksson said the answer lies in “doing this on a regional basis. “So it will have to be coordinated with the city of Los Angeles,” whose boundaries hug Culver City at inconvenient intervals.

“Los Angeles is interested in efforts from all around now.

“They want to figure out two things:

• “How to make traffic flow better and
• “How to make the Expo (light rail) Line an effective, convenient way for people to travel.”

Councilman Eriksson was asked if enough people are riding Expo.

“I guess they are getting more people than they thought,” said the native of Sweden.

“But from my European perspective, there could be a lot more people using it. I believe strongly that will happen.”

He said that pricing incentives may be a partial panacea.

He is preaching patience.

“All of this is going to take time,” said Mr. Eriksson, “while we evaluate and test.”