The basic reason for the improved traffic system is to participate in the Hollywood revival and to make certain that it is successful and serves all travel mode demands and will not have congested traffic. This can occur with the newly patented Flow Boulevard system which would be low cost and connect the communities between West Hollywood and DTLA using the historic Route 66 corridor which has many of the improvements and necessary street structures already in place  to make the Flow Boulevard work and especially the City signalization system called Automatic Traffic Surveillance and Control (ATSAC).  This pertains to the two Flow Boulevard configurations, the Couplet Flow Boulevard, using progressive traffic timing in the Hollywood grid of streets between La Cienega and Vermont, and the Single Street Flow Boulevard configuration, using synchronous traffic timing at  major crossing streets in the Sunset Boulevard corridor between Vermont and Figueroa in DTLA that already has 4 major street grade separations for major cross traffic.

The new Flow Boulevard system also has two modes of traffic within the standard traffic signal cycle that repeats every 2 minutes for both the Couplet Flow Boulevard and the major crossing streets in the Single Street Flow Boulevard on Sunset . There is a continuous flowing traffic (CFT) phase which fits within the signal cycle that allows none stop traffic for the length of the Flow Boulevard system and is used to get ‘through traffic’ Through! and out of the way so that local citizens that use the land uses of residential and business service needs on both the FB configurations can occur.  The basic reason for the improved traffic system is to participate in the Hollywood revival and to make certain that it is successful and serves all travel mode demands and will not have congested traffic. The Flow Boulevard system would be low cost and quickly made to connect the communities between West Hollywood and DTLA using the historic Route 66 corridor which has many of the needed improvements like ATSAC traffic control and necessary street structures like traffic grade separations on Sunset Boulevard already in place. The affordability and quick adaptation is important and worth saying more than once.

In the revival of Hollywood there is a lot of opportunity to develop more housing by using higher density with multiple story condominiums. As well, bike lanes can be added to the FB Couplet and then connected to the many existing streets that share space for bicycles. The animation shows a phase of Continuous Flowing Traffic (red cars) followed by regular Stop and Go traffic (blue cars) , both of which are separated safely from the two way Bike lane. It is also important to also understand that not mixing the continuous flowing vehicles with the Stop and Go traffic makes safer traffic in each of those phases of traffic. Buses in with red cars are express buses, where as the buses with blue cars have local stops, and they can pass one another because they can use either of the flowing traffic lanes.

What you see in the Fountain Avenue video is traffic coming west on the two traffic lanes which have parking and bus stop use in curb lane positions . On the north side of Fountain is a two way protected bike lane pathway. Pedestrian sidewalks are on both the north and south ROW (right of way) are at limits adjacent to the property lines of normal private land use. Both the normal Stop and Go traffic and the CFT phase use the two central traffic lanes.

Santa Monica Boulevard (SMB) remains as the primary commercial street in use of the Couplet Flow Boulevard through Hollywood. Here you see the two phases of traffic with the CFT of red cars and the Stop and Go traffic vehicles primarily shown as blue cars and other vehicles also in that two minute signal cycle . The traffic lanes in Santa Monica Boulevard (SMB) remain constant but the curb parking bike lane and bus stops varies as the ROW width of SMB changes in ROW width In a few places. Major existing cross streets are on the one mile interval of the Hollywood grid is where Stop and Go vehicles can join the CFT if they care to do so. In the flow of traffic you can see the CFT pack of red cars along with service vehicles like the white trucks. The majority of traffic is seen as the blue vehicles with stop and go traffic . Buses can use either kind of traffic as well as either centrally located flowing lanes. Fountain Ave and SMB are the two main East - West streets through Hollywood. The many north-south cross streets with vehicular, pedestrian and bike lane crossing would make for difficult signalization if Fountain and SMB had two way traffic.  That difficulty would be “gridlock” during busy traffic periods. With one way streets the "Progressive" signalization allows a simplified wave of green lights for the one way traffic to move on through Hollywood in the two directions of Fountain and SMB.

This Plan View location with the major crossing of La Brea shows how the Continuous Flowing Traffic (CFT) pack moves on each segment of the grid, with SMB flowing east, while its paired Couplet one way street traffic on Fountain is approaching La Brea from the east flowing west . Between La Cienega and Vermont there are the five miles of Hollywood major crossing street grid street structure beginning with the one mile apart major street crossings with La Cienega then Fairfax, then La Brea, then Vine, then Western and then Vermont Ave in the East. Each mile takes the Continuous Flowing Traffic two minutes each mile (30 mph). The two directions will cross these major crossing intersections at the same time. This is easily scene in the Sunset Blvd Single Street configuration because the opposing traffic CPT packs are scene at the same time in the same intersection in the Single Street roadway. In the couplet conformation as scene in this Hollywood Plan View, the traffic on SMB and Fountain, the CFT are still crossing at the same time but are separated with the use of the two streets, of SMB and Fountain. This means the two FB Configurations, of the Single Street FB and the Couplet FB are synchronize to work together in the ten mile corridor. This gives quick yet safe travel at just 30 mph, going ten miles in 20 minutes in the CFT formation. 

It is interesting that the LA subway that costs around a $ billion dollars per mile to build averages around 31 mph for passenger travel. I estimate the Hollywood FB cost to average around Fifteen million per mile because so many of the elements that comprise the FB already exist in the corridor. 

The Couplet Flow Boulevard allows the Continuous Flowing Traffic to occur in both directions with progressive traffic signal timing. This is compatible with the Single Street Flow Boulevard configuration in that when the two configurations connect, the traffic flows from one configuration to the next without stoppage occurring with the continuous flowing Packs in each direction.

The Park comes about with the LA City Planning Opportunities involvement in the initial period of planning with Public Planning participation. The Public not only work on the Bus Rapid Transit that is required, but also with Zone changes that are more appropriate for the community commercial, residential and public open space use . A few existing very old homes can make room for a multi storied condominium and the small public park as well. Larger parks are made with more Single Family homes making way for the Condo and Park use and would be more appropriate than new single family homes which may be provided in the Hollywood Hills north of Franklin.

There are many different age groups with different needs which means creative planning is needed for them to attain agreements. The developers incentive of making a fast profitable deal is not so useful in this complex setting. Developmental means for people just starting out in the work force and with learning how to improve ones marketability and livelihood should be part of community development.

This view of a Sunset Boulevard segment and a major crossing street (like Alvarado) on the left of the Plan shows very clearly the two minute flow of the traffic . The main statement being made here is the demonstration of traffic flow on a Single Street Flow Boulevard. On either side of Alvarado the signal cycle shows a group of blue cars that have chosen to become a part of Continuous Flowing Traffic (CFT) on Sunset. This can occur at the two minute signal cycle beginning at a two minute major street Crossing. Basically what is happening is that when the Sunset signals change to green the two different directions of waiting blue cars, will move towards the intersection in their different directions to accelerate to the 30 mph speed of the CFT traffic that has now come up from behind to join the new blue cars in the two directions. Look carefully to see that when the joinery occurs at the 30 mph speed, the blue cars in this video turns red designating that they are now a part of the Continuous Flowing Traffic in their respective directions on Sunset. The red car CFT will then move on to the next one mile intersection where the same joinery of blue cars turning red will occur. The same thing happens on the Couplet configuration. That is how CFT gets through the corridor quickly at a slow safe speed that does not interfere with local traffic maneuvering engaged with parking. CFT is mainly commercial through traffic that does not have business or a reason to stop on the Route 66 corridor streets. The objective is to move this traffic on through so as not to complicate traffic that is mainly oriented to doing some kind of local business on the corridor that requires traffic maneuvers like parallel parking that makes complicated unsafe traffic conditions. The CFT is confined to a safe speed that moves along without interrupting local traffic. The two different kinds of traffic should respect that and not mix it up.

The Single Street Flow Boulevard has generally the same street width and provision for traffic lanes from Vermont to DTLA . Generally, Sunset Boulevard is a mixture of commercial and multi story residential buildings which vary in age from Vermont Ave to DTLA which also has some different land uses including the Dodger Baseball stadium . The particular Video segment provided of the Single Street Flow Boulevard video has the major street of Sunset crossing of Alvarado Street near the existing grade separation of traffic crossing of Glendale Boulevard. Still with adequate capacity it takes traffic management with increased bus use to accommodate growing travel demand in the future. Sunset Boulevard at this location has just a 100 foot ROW so major protected bicycle lanes can not fit in that ROW.   However the Curb parking for adjacent land use and the locations for Bus stops that provide the required transit in the corridor can fit within that ROW . There are existing parallel residential streets that can take on that bike lane opportunity. However given the steep hilly residential areas the bikes may want to be electric to cope with certain steep residential streets. The FB system has the built-in use of both CFT and stop and go local traffic so it may take additional capacity with management of vehicular traffic with more bus traffic.

Cross walks for pedestrians and bike riders occur at all intersections where crossing traffic occurs and along streets where side streets intersect and work along with the street that has the flowing traffic street with flowing traffic. In some shopping areas intermediate blocks can have cross walks as is shown in the accompanying video. These such pedestrian and bike lane demand locations occur with the affirmation of the public participation in the plan approval. The LA City group that provides the automated traffic surveil and control (ATSAC) also is included in the planning locations so said crosswalks are safe and do not congestion the traffic flow.

Pedestrian street crossings are quite varied in the amount of people crossing and other conditions that determine safe conditions. The animation technique begins to focus on conditions so that the particular crossing can be analyzed. The crossing location, traffic volume, time allowed for crossing, the volume of people crossing and particular aspects for a given crossing allows public and planners a basis for approval. The LA City group that provides the automated traffic surveil and control (ATSAC) also is included in the planning locations so said crosswalks are safe and do not have congestion of the traffic flow.

Bus Stop locations will evolve along with the demands for transit usage. Since buses can use the two flowing lane in both of the Couplet and the Single Street configurations there are many opportunities to increase person trip accommodation and to relieve congestion in the vehicular traffic conditions. 

The accompanying video animation shows ample space for waiting and sheltered areas, so it is important to plan so that these areas come about to make the transit successful. It is expected that transit demand will be a way to offset vehicular travel along with tolls for vehicles to keep traffic flow free of congestion for many decades into the future.

The adequacy of a bus stop will change over time as the volume of riders changes with the revived growth of Hollywood occurring and the various managements of regular and express busses is made. That effects the size required to receive and provide adequate service to the bus riders. The size of space is depended on its relationship to the building sets back from the street or first floor occupancy allows public to use the ground floor area. New bus stop locations may develop over time as these relationships can be made to accommodate riders.