Traffic safety

14-year-old speaker: the busy La Brea/Romain corner with new billboard lights is scary; 'I think you should say no.'

Described repeated drunk-driving crashes at West Knoll and La Cienega that totaled two cars and hit her building; asked for bollards like those on Hammond during nursery hours.

Flagged that collisions rose 30%, pedestrian collisions 52%, and fatalities 100% even as crime fell — arguing enforcement alone won't fix it and street design must change.

Echoed the traffic violence numbers and asked what short-term measures — lane reductions, DUI checkpoints, trolley service — can make next year's numbers better.

Urged the city to use the data to fix the ten highest-incident intersections, citing a restaurant crash that left 40 people out of work.