Angelenos, take heart. The City of Los Angeles is finally ready to get serious about its ghastly parking signs.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council asked the Department of Transportation to begin testing new simplified parking signs to be designed by a local graphic artist. The new signs are meant to be as "simple and obvious as possible" to decipher, unlike the towering, unintelligible behemoths that many drivers have come to know.
The pilot run will last for 45 days, after which the LADOT will report on possible implementation strategies. According to officials, the only trouble may be in getting approval from the state office that regulates the appearance of street signage.
In addition to the simplified signage program, the City Council requested a ban on the sale of public parking spaces Wednesday. The move is targeted towards apps like MonkeyParking which allow people to auction off their metered spaces.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent a desist and refrain order to MonkeyParking last month and the company has since ceased operations in the city. In Santa Monica, where the company has expanded operations, city officials are currently eyeing a ban of their own.
Read more about Wednesday’s developments here.