Monday: St. Patricks Parade Heads Down Main Street

Wow. This years' St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Los Angeles was great!! A much bigger turnout than last year - I guess it really shows that our community is growing and becoming more supportive! Love it!!!

Yeah..I went as well. Great turnout and good event! Would have loved more performances instead of the dozens of celebrity appearances. Yes, we're LA, we get it.

It also totally shut down Main, Spring and Broadway stopping all bus traffic on all those three streets for several hours - and Hill was bumper to bumper also with no buses in sight. I was out and about most of the morning but never saw the parade - just a lot of frustrated people trying to find a bus - any bus. Is there any reason why just one street can't be used for these parades - instead of shutting down four streets?

Brady --- that's the joys of living/working in a city. We don't want these festivals in Santa Clarita, West LA, Wilmington, etc... They should be in downtown and yes, they will block traffic.

Why didn't people consider using the Metro Red/Purple Line?

Anaheim, I think Brady's point is, could the impact be mitigated to keep the disruption to a minimum? Understand, there is a real economic impact to these events. If people can't get to work, productivity suffers. It costs companies business and the city suffers.

My mother-in-law was nailed in this traffic. Do you think her boss cares about St. Patty's? He's just angry that work is not getting done and deadlines are being missed. That affects his bottom-line and prospects for future business.

If this event happened on a weekend, fine. Parade away. But, it would be sensible and fair to all downtown stakeholders, not just those looking for a party, if their legitimate concerns -- like making a living -- were considered. I think the notion has considerable merit and would be pretty easy to implement.