BID Alert - May Day Demonstrations Traffic Impact

[Cathy Munoz]

Dear all,

 

Just want to share this information to those who work, live or are planning to be in downtown on Thursday, May 1, 2008 so you can plan accordingly.

 

God bless

Cathy

 

 

	BID ALERT Demonstration Notification / Severe Traffic Impact     Event: Labor and Immigration March & Rally When: Thursday May 1st, 2008 Times: Traffic impact expected to start at 11:00 AM Crowd Expectancy: 100,000 +   Description: (As Posted on the DOT Website  http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/MayDay/) There are three marches taking place with two separate starting points, routes and times with a common rally point. Three marches will come together at Broadway and 5th Street and continue north to the rally area on Broadway between 1st and Temple.  The first march "May 1st Day of Action in Support of Workers Rights" will assemble at 11am at Park View Street (MacArthur Park) and is scheduled to begin at 2pm with an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 participants.  The first march will travel east along 7th to Figueroa Street where it will make a left turn onto Figueroa, travel north on Figueroa to 5th Street, make a right turn on 5th, continue east to Broadway and make a left turn onto northbound Broadway where the other two marches will join it.  The second march "Immigrant Rights" and third march "Full Rights for Immigrants" will assemble at 11 am and are scheduled to begin at 3pm at Olympic and Broadway with combined estimated of 100,000 participants and travel northbound on Broadway to the rally point between 1st and Temple.  The rally is expected to last several hours with an estimated end time of 8 pm.   Street Closures:   10:30 AM Broadway between 9th St & Olypic Olympic between Main & Hill St   1:30 PM March Route to be closed   Additional Information: More information regarding these events can be found on the following website, along with a map of the street closures.  http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/MayDay/   Please be advised that the traffic impact can be felt throughout the Downtown area, and plan accordingly.