This Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council will consider Mobility Plan 2035, the first comprehensive update to the city’s transportation policies since 1999. A lot has changed since the 1990s: we now have regular CicLAvias, everyday bike ridership has spiked, and the voter-approved expansion of the region’s transit system is rapidly under construction. Our streets are now seen as places for people, not just thoroughfares for cars. Technologies like real-time transit info, ride hailing
What does the Mobility Plan do?
- Makes safety the City’s #1 transportation priority, particularly the safety of children walking to school.
design speeds for city streets and provides engineering and enforcement solutions to stop the constant increase in speed limits.Sets - Proposes a new network of protected bike lanes across L.A.
- Doubles city funding for walking and bicycling.
- Calls for annual bicycle and pedestrian counts by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT).
- Sets a performance metric of zero increase in car travel per person.
You can see the entire Mobility Plan 2035 and EIR here.
As with any significant progress, skeptics and naysayers are vocally opposing the Plan, either in whole or in part. Some neighborhood groups are fearful that a transition away from a car-dominated city with a balanced system might snarl traffic or delay emergency responders. Meanwhile, a vocal minority is taking this opportunity to attack specific projects, which threatens to piecemeal a well-planned citywide network. This Plan is supported by a broad base of residents, business groups, environmental organizations, and health advocates. Now is the time to demonstrate that support to the City Council.
Take Action to Support the Mobility Plan!
Join us for another #MobilityMondayLA day of online action this Monday 8/3!
Attend the joint Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) and Transportation Committee at 2:30PM, Tuesday, August 4th at City Hall Room 340 (Council Chamber).
Email the LA City Council Transportation and PLUM committee members - sample below
Share/tweet that you did it! (Sample tweet: “I just called @PaulKoretzCD5 to support Mobility Plan 2035. You should too! www.la-bike.org/mobilityplan #MobilityMondayLA”)
CD1: @gilcedillocd1
CD2: @PaulKrekorian
CD3: @BobBlumenfield
CD4: @DavideRyu
CD5: @PaulKoretzCD5
CD6: @CD6Nury
CD7: @Fuentes4LA
CD8: @mhdcd8
CD9: @CurrenDPriceJr
CD10: @HerbJWesson
CD11: @mikebonin
CD12: @Mitch_Englander
CD13: @MitchOFarrell
CD14: @josehuizar
CD15: @JoeBuscaino
Sample Email
To: councilmember.bonin@lacity.org, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org
cc: david.ryu@lacity.org, paul.koretz@lacity.org, councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org, councilmember.englander@lacity.org, councilmember.martinez@lacity.org, Adam.Lid@lacity.org, councilmember.harris-dawson@lacity.org, councilmember.fuentes@lacity.org
Subj: Support Mobility Plan 2035 for safe & sustainable streets! CF#15-0719
Dear Honorable Councilmembers:
I support adopting the Mobility Plan 2035, including ALL of its proposed networks. As a ___________ (e.g. Bike rider, pedestrian, transit user, driver, business owner, student, parent, etc.), I strongly support this Plan because I believe that it will help make L.A.
A well-connected network of protected bike lanes and other complete
I am especially distressed by a Councilmember's recommendation to remove bike lanes on Westwood Blvd from the Mobility Plan 2035. At a time when the City of Los Angeles is working to become more walkable and bikeable, we need more safe bike lanes connecting popular destinations like Westwood Village and UCLA to neighboring communities--not fewer. According to the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT), along this half mile stretch, more than 8 times as many collisions occur between vehicles and bicyclists than similar streets in Los Angeles. Without proper accommodation for bicyclists, Westwood will continue to
(Personalize here)
Please approve the Mobility Plan 2035 so that we can all travel safely on the streets of L.A.
(Your name)
(Your address)
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