On Thursday, October 7, all interested parties are invited to attend From Data to Action: Moving Forward on How Women Travel, an online event hosted by ITS America that will feature LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds and LA Metro Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins, who will discuss the relationship between gender and transportation access, methods to remove barriers to transportation, and how research is being used to fuel positive transportation policy.
To register for this event, please visit itsa.…
Meet Bright Watts, a Latin American community-based organization in the Watts neighborhood that helps us build relationships with communities to rebalance a transportation system so everyone can have access to dignified transportation choices. As part of Latinx Heritage Month LADOT is celebrating some of the community-based organizations we partner with who focus on lifting up LA’s many Latinx communities.
Bright Watts is building a unified and safe community in the Watts neighborhood by teaching different working skills and providing classes to the residents to help improve mental…
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…
LADOT acknowledges the importance of building partnerships with communities to create an inclusive and equitable transportation network. Many of these partnerships join LADOT alongside community-based organizations that work to support historically underserved Los Angeles communities and groups including those in majority Latinx communities. This Latinx Heritage Month, LADOT is recognizing some of these organizations and how they have partnered with LADOT to improve the lives of within communities of our city.
Through the years, we have worked with Pacoima Beautiful to implement…
Last week, California Assembly Bill (AB) 43, which would grant municipalities greater control in setting speed limits on city streets, was passed by both the state senate and state assembly. The bill has now advanced to the legislative Office of Engrossing and Enrolling, where it awaits the signature of Governor Gavin Newsom prior to implementation.
LADOT has long been a proponent of speed limit reform and participated on the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force that informed the changes proposed by AB 43. Last…
Partnerships with community organizations help drive our mission of creating a livable and sustainable transit infrastructure for Angelenos to access daily. This Latinx Heritage Month, we are proud to highlight Latinx community organizations that work alongside the department to create safer streets for everyone.
Voces de Cambio is a Canoga Park community organization that encourages healthy relationships to promote peace in interpersonal relationships and fight domestic violence and violence in all their ways in the community.
In 2020, Voces de Cambio partnered with LADOT…
Last Thursday, LADOT joined Los Angeles City Council District 14 Councilmember Kevin de Leon, community members, and local schoolchildren to activate a new high-intensity activated crosswalk at the intersection of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Merton Avenue in Eagle Rock. Also known as a pedestrian hybrid or HAWK beacon, this new type of pedestrian signal serves as an improvement over other types of flashing beacons and utilizes a red signal to prompt vehicles to stop as pedestrians cross the street. In addition to reducing collisions at crossings, HAWK beacons…
Last week, LADOT installed a new high-intensity activated crosswalk at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Christy Avenue to improve visibility and safety for those traveling in Lake View Terrace. Sometimes referred to as a pedestrian hybrid beacon or HAWK beacon, this innovative signal represents an improvement over different types of flashing beacons as it utilizes a red signal that forces vehicles to come to a complete stop before pedestrians — or, as is sometimes the case in…
On Monday, August 23, LADOT Transit launched a pilot program that allows passengers to make “on-demand” stops on select DASH routes to better serve the needs of Angelenos. In addition to disembarking at regular stops, riders on affected routes are now able to request that buses make stops between regular, set stop locations. LADOT's decision to initiate the pilot program follows from the results of its recently released study, Changing Lanes: A Gender Equity Transportation Study, which details the relationship between gender and…
Last week, the Los Angeles City Council approved a motion to expand BlueLA, an electric vehicle car share program that operates in partnership with the city. Following implementation of the City Council motion, BlueLA’s vehicle fleet will expand to include 200 additional vehicles and 300 new vehicle chargers to provide improved car share access in Los Angeles. Since April 2018, LADOT has collaborated with BlueLA to provide designated parking zones for car share vehicles, offering Angelenos a cost-effective alternative to private vehicle ownership…