Odd Lots · Monday, September 28, 2026
Zach Lazzari described the process of getting a crosswalk approved in Los Angeles as 'Kafkaesque' and 'horrible.' He detailed an instance where approval for a crosswalk on Clinton and Western came with an estimated completion time of 'a few years or more' and a cost of 'a million dollars' for engineering, electrical work, and underground vault construction.
“It's like a Kafka novel. It's just horrible.”
“Oh, we got a great email. We got approved for a crosswalk on Clinton and Western. And it said it'll be built in a few years or more.”
“They, uh, there's no really process to get one. You can, you have to pay for it. That's they're like, Oh yeah, we'll, we'll totally approve that for you, but it's going to cost a million dollars.”