Traffic likely to be major hangup in AEG's stadium proposal

The environmental impact report talks of "unavoidable significant impacts" at a number of downtown freeway off ramps, though what do you expect when fans in 20,000 cars arrive at nearly the same time - and all in search of a parking space. Developer AEG proposes a number of mitigations, including widening streets, re-striping lanes and perhaps adding a mile's worth of additional freeway lane, but when that many people descend on a smallish area there's only so much that can be done. From the LAT:

The spike in traffic caused by such events as NFL games, international soccer matches or college football championship games would generate significant and "unavoidable" impacts at 20 intersections in the hour after Sunday events and at 42 intersections after an event on Saturdays. That would occur even after AEG adds traffic control measures to those intersections, according to the document. On weekdays, there would be significant and unavoidable effects at 72 intersections in the hour leading up to an event.

Not that there's much doubt where this thing is headed. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, appearing on Larry Mantle's "Airtalk" this morning, went on (and on and on) about what a swell guy AEG head Tim Leiweke was and what a great company AEG was, and gosh, darn, aren't we all lucky that they want to bring football back to L.A.? And Rosendahl was supposed to be among the clear-thinking council members!