How Advocates Won Bike, Bus And Pedestrian Improvements
Think people won’t vote for safer streets? Think again.
In March, Los Angeles voters passed the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure with over 65% of the vote. What’s the story?
L.A. already had a plan — Mobility Plan 2035 passed in 2015 — to create a network of safe routes for biking, driving and walking. There was only one problem: The city had implemented only about 5% of it.
In 2020, StreetsLA (a.k.a. the Bureau of Street Services) was taking advantage of the pandemic shutdown to rapidly repave city streets. The transportation advocacy organization Streets For All saw an opportunity to implement complete street improvements during repaving.
