Category Archives: Goals

Draft goals and policies are out!

After more than a year of public outreach and visioning, we have come up with a draft of the goals and policies that will go into the Mobility Element. You can download that draft document here. These six goals and … Continue reading

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Clean Environment and Healthy Communities

Our transportation choices impact our natural resources, including the air we breathe. Changes in our transportation planning can not only protect our environment and city’s sustainability, but also improve the physical health of Angelenos by reducing the levels or pollutants … Continue reading

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Informed Choices

Outreach participants frequently mentioned the lack of information as a frustrating hurdle to fully utilizing our transportation system. Angelenos want information that will help them make efficient, reliable trips, including real-time transportation information, clear signage, and instructions. Many are discouraged … Continue reading

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Smart Investments

World Class Infrastructure cannot be achieved without strategically investing in our transportation system, which includes street maintenance, operations, and capital improvements for all modes of travel.  Our outreach participants expressed that transportation funding was not being clearly distributed nor being … Continue reading

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World Class Infrastructure

Why infrastructure? 405 Scene, Photo by Luis Inzunza/Metro via The Source  Transportation infrastructure includes all physical and organizational structures necessary for the transportation system to operate, from sidewalks to Metro lines to traffic signal timing. The design and quality of … Continue reading

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Access for All Angelenos

Why access? Access is the ability to reach desired goals, services, activities, and destinations. In transportation, access can be achieved through multiple avenues. First, mobility, the actual movement of people and goods, can provide access. Better mobility can provide better … Continue reading

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Safety First

Hayley Chin is a planning intern and recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. As a native Angeleno, she has seen how much Los Angeles has grown and changed in recent years, and is excited to be a … Continue reading

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Our Next Steps

Throughout the past 10 months, we have been coordinating and processing the feedback we’ve received through our online town hall, our spring 2012 Think Labs, and the ongoing  “Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods” Activity Kit outreach. This information has been instrumental … Continue reading

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