Make Your Voice Heard With LADOT Safety Project Surveys

LADOT is on the road to building improved streets in Los Angeles and needs your assistance to identify priorities to help achieve this goal. To help inform this process, LADOT seeks to gather as much feedback as possible from people who use our city’s street network in order to determine which streets are most in need of improvement. 

Below, you will find information on several of our recent and ongoing safety projects. LADOT requests that all interested parties please visit the project survey links included in the…

COVID-19 Efforts and Guidelines

As our local communities continue to experience the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Los Angeles and LADOT request that residents and visitors observe all city and county health guidelines aimed at combating the spread of the virus. This past week, to achieve this end, the County of Los Angeles instituted multiple safety measures, including more stringent customer capacity limits for people visiting businesses, restrictions on multi-household gatherings (with certain exemptions for outdoor political or religious gatherings), and…

Happy Thanksgiving

LADOT wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. The City of Los Angeles asks that all Angelenos respect and observe city and county health guidelines during the holiday. For additional details, please click here.

To view information regarding holiday parking, click here.

Metro Bike Share Holiday Discounts

During the past year, the Metro Bike Share program has proved to be an important mode of transportation as riders have sought alternative modes of transportation that are both reliable and socially distant. This Black Friday weekend, Metro Bike Share is pleased…

Street Improvements in Pacific Palisades

Earlier this month, in response to requests submitted by local residents, LADOT crews installed street improvements at the intersection of Chautauqua Boulevard and Corona del Mar in Pacific Palisades. A popular connection between Sunset Boulevard and the Pacific Coast Highway, this section of Chautauqua Boulevard has an average traffic volume of more than 30,000 vehicles per day.

To address concerns relating to pedestrian safety at the intersection, LADOT installed multiple improvements aimed at the improvement of safety for those who…

Honoring Our Veterans

LADOT wishes you a memorable holiday this Veterans Day. In observance of the holiday, LADOT will follow relaxed parking regulations on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Relaxed categories include no street sweeping and Sunday enforcement patterns. Safety zones and holiday enforced signs remain in effect. For more information, please visit the LADOT website.

LADOT Launches Early Pay LA, Offering Payment Discounts for Parking Citations

At Mayor Garcetti's directive, LADOT has implemented an economic relief measure that will allow motorists an early payment…

In accordance with mandatory citywide furloughs, the following LADOT service counters will be closed for phone, email, and walk-in services on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Regular scheduled service hours will resume on Wednesday, November 4.

LADOT Front Desk:
Cal Trans
100 S Main St
10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012


For-Hire Permitting Division:
Cal Trans Plaza
100 S Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Parking Administrative Hearing (Adjudication) Offices:
Downtown Los Angeles
201 North Los Angeles Street,

As we conclude Latino Heritage Month, we are proud to celebrate staff like Jose Hernandez, a Senior Transportation Engineer who lends a helping hand in building a city of the future with new innovations that effectively manage demand on the streets of Los Angeles. 

Jose currently works for our Parking Meters Division. He is responsible for the daily maintenance and operation of 34,000 meters citywide, and the management and expansion of the LA Express Park program to optimize the on-street parking experience for citizens and visitors of Los Angeles by providing demand-based parking…

LADOT celebrates Latino leaders who help create programs and projects that support safe, great streets for all. Mariana Valdivia is a Supervising Transportation Planner who helps create transportation projects that reduce collisions on L.A. streets. 

Mariana currently manages the Vision Zero Planning group that focuses on safe, great streets for our City through corridor safety projects; Safe Routes to School, People St., Great Streets, and LA Al Fresco programs. She has served the City for 19 years as a city planner and has enjoyed a wide range of project development from clearing…

Los Angeles is a great city that welcomes people of all backgrounds. Latino Heritage Month celebrates the history and culture of Angelenos who inspire us to continue creating a transportation system that gives people equitable access to transit choices. We are proud to have a diverse community at LADOT that celebrates the different contributions of many Latino American staff toward achieving the department’s motto and goal of Moving Los Angeles Forward. 

Karina Macias is a Transportation Planner with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Born and raised in Los Angeles,…

LADOT is proud to celebrate a wide variety of cultures and contributions that shape our core values in creating a safer and more equitable transportation system for Angelenos. This Latino Heritage Month, we feature Latino leaders like Freddie Nuño, who proudly embraces his roots. 
 
Born and raised in Boyle Heights, Freddie Nuño is a second generation Chicano. He is currently the Commanding Officer of the Hollywood Area Parking Enforcement Office, which has a staff of over 150 traffic officers who provide parking enforcement and traffic control services to several multicultural…