Gridlock at Universal

A massive $800 million proposed development in Universal City that would include a new home for NBC studios would add at least 14,000 car trips per day to the already clogged southeast San Fernando Valley, according to a long-awaited environmental study released Monday.Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The traffic projections for the plan released late last year - one that would create 1.5 million square feet of new commercial, office and residential space to Lankershim Boulevard - drew immediate concern from politicians and neighborhood activists who said the area is already too congested.

"What has been proposed is too intense," said Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge. "This is not a New York City block. This is an odd-shaped parcel in the San Fernando Valley. ...