Code the Curb

LADOT is developing a digital map of the City’s traffic signs, painted curbs, and other regulatory tools to help guide the movement of people and goods throughout the city. This new tool will give Los Angeles a digital approach to managing the public right-of-way. It will also help LADOT govern how private mobility service providers operate in our city in real time. 

LADOT operates the most advanced signal system in the country, which will integrate well with autonomous technology. In the meantime, LADOT is working to inventory all of its curbs, signs, and markings to guide residents and vendors more efficiently through our streets. When complete, this digital inventory will make parking regulations easier to understand and will help LADOT improve sign design and policy. 

LADOT’s open development approach for Code the Curb is designed so that others benefit from our digital map and can easily collaborate with us to make it even better.

Coordination, interoperability, and integration are underlying goals of the Code the Curb program. LADOT engages regularly with other City departments and with Caltrans, LA Metro, and the Southern California Association of Governments, to collectively pursue strategies related to goods movement policies, asset management best practices, last-mile delivery enhancements, and curbside management strategies. In addition to these partnerships, LADOT serves as a member of the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) Curb Working Group Steering Committee. OMF is an open-source software foundation that offers a governance structure around open-source mobility tools, beginning with a focus on the Mobility Data Specification (MDS). Through this partnership, LADOT is able to connect with peer cities to share experiences and lessons learned, pilot curbside innovations, and obtain new insights related to enhanced curb space management strategies. A key objective of the steering committee is to establish the first version of a new curb data specification that aims to: provide a mechanism for expressing static and dynamic curbside regulations, measure real-time activity along the curb, and provide access and utilization for curb users.

If you are a city, company, or individual who is interested in this effort and would like to learn more about how to get involved, please visit the OMF website. The Curb Management Working Group is public and open to both OMF members and individual contributors. To participate, you can:

• Read and understand our Scope of Work document
• Review the Curb Management Working Group wiki
• Follow progress and chime in on our Curb Data Specification (CDS) repository
• Join bi-weekly meetings to discuss issues and hear from other contributors
• Get announcements from the Curb Management mailing list
• Leave feedback on the technical draft document
• Start a pilot project and bring back your learnings

If you have any questions about how to get involved, you can request more information here on the OMF website.