City Planning

The City of Los Angeles is in the process of updating the transportation portion of the city's General Plan. The new citywide transportation plan is called Mobility Plan 2035. The Mobility Plan was recently approved by the City Planning Commission. It is expected to go to a joint meeting of the City Council's Transportation and Planning and Land Use Management committees next week, on Tuesday June 23.

At its meeting this morning in Van Nuys, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission unanimously approved Mobility Plan 2035. The Mobility Plan is the official transportation policy component of the city's General Plan. Before taking effect, the new Mobility Plan will need the approval of the City Council's Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) and Transportation committees and, then, the full City Council.

How will South L.A. develop over the next twenty years?

Data lovers can now nerd out on a new website that collects Bay Area transportation data and puts it into customizable maps and charts to play with.

I've been thinking about Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's recent motion to help Metro partner on joint development of affordable housing near stations. Also, Garcetti-ally L.A. City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell expressed support for reducing parking requirements in new affordable housing developments along transit corridors, to "help lower construction costs and therefore rents."

The Los Angeles City Planning Commission hosted its initial review of the city's proposed new transportation plan, called Mobility Plan 2035. The meeting included Department of City Planning (DCP) staff presentations, public testimony, and discussion by planning commissioners. At the end of today's hearing, the Planning Commission voted to direct planning staff to:

The City of Los Angeles is updating its primary transportation plan, something it hasn't done since 1999. The new Mobility Plan 2035, authored by the City Planning Department (DCP), will be before the city's Planning Commission tomorrow.

The Los Angeles Department of City Planning (DCP) recently released an updated version of its proposed Mobility Plan 2035, the transportation element of the city's General Plan. The Planning Commission is scheduled to vote on the proposed plan at its meeting this Thursday at 8:30 a.m. [agenda PDF - see item 7]. The revised plan documents are available online via the LA/2B project document page; they include a staff report [PDF], the Mobility Plan, Map Atlas, Complete Streets Guidelines, and Environmental Impact Report.

As I pedaled my way up the hill towards Mariachi Plaza, I had to dodge a skateboarder coming straight at me at a rather significant clip.