LADOT Hosts Event to Highlight Improvements on San Vincente Boulevard

This past Saturday, LADOT hosted a community event on San Vicente Boulevard to share information and gather feedback about the San Vicente Safety & Mobility Project. During the event, more than 100 community members stopped at stations along the project corridor to talk with staff and volunteers about how to make San Vicente Boulevard a safer, calmer, and more comfortable neighborhood thoroughfare. LADOT was joined at the event by community organizations Destination Pico, City Plants, Brotherhood Crusade, and the Los Angeles Conservation Corps to help share information with members of the public.

As a safety improvement project, the San Vicente Safety & Mobility Project will implement the city’s mobility plan policies to prioritize the boulevard for high-quality enhancements and a more comfortable street for all users. Notable features of the project include two miles of improvements for protected bicycle lanes, six upgraded continental crosswalks, and pedestrian safety improvements at five intersections.

For more information about the San Vicente Boulevard improvements, including details about how to sign up for the project mailing list, please click here. Additionally, LADOT asks all interested parties to submit commentary about this project through the project feedback map, located on the San Vicente project web page.

Walk to School Day to Take Place October 6

On Wednesday, October 6, thousands of students, parents, teachers, and school staff across the City of Los Angeles will participate in Walk to School Day 2021, a nationwide safety event highlighting the importance of providing safe routes for students to travel to and from school.

During this year's Walk to School Day, to highlight the importance of traffic safety, Safe Routes to School will temporarily transform Orchard Avenue, New England Street, and 17th Street at Magnolia Avenue Elementary School as part of a pop-up demonstration to enhance the predictability, comfort, and safety of people walking, rolling, and driving to and from the school and surrounding neighborhood.

LADOT and Safe Routes to School invite all school community members and families to participate in this year’s event. To learn how to participate in Walk to School Day 2021 in Los Angeles, please click here. Additionally, for more information about the Walk to School Day event nationwide, please visit walkbiketoschool.org.

Lights, Camera, Action! LADOT at the 73rd Emmy Awards Ceremony

LADOT Special Traffic Operations was at front and center stage this past Sunday to help manage traffic during the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards show. Taking the spotlight with a flawless performance, the department’s cast featured 17 traffic officers, two sergeants, and 6 traffic engineers with support from the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control (ATSAC) Center team and the temporary street signs team.