LADOT Proposes Finally Metering Car Parking on Abbot Kinney
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A proposal from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation would price parking in this tony neighborhood to keep some spaces open.
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What Will L.A.’s Autonomous Vehicle Future Look Like?
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Autonomous vehicles could make streets much safer, and/or could greatly increase miles driven and greenhouse gases emissions. Which future will it be?
Councilmember Bonin Introduces Seven Parking Reform Motions
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Today, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin introduced seven council motions [PDF] that would reform parking. The motions are wide-ranging: from diverting parking meter revenue back into neighborhoods where it is generated, to tiering parking ticket fines, to expanding dynamic pricing via Express Park. The motions grew out of recommendations from Mayor Garcetti’s Los Angeles Parking […]
Variable-Priced L.A. Express Park Expands to Westwood
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At a press event yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Councilmember Paul Koretz celebrated the expansion of L.A. Express Park to Westwood. Westwood has long had a reputation for being a difficult area to park. Express Park should, over time, make finding a parking space there easier. This is good for number of […]
Parking Reforms Advanced By L.A. City Council Transportation Committee
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As expected, a suite of far-ranging parking reforms was heard by the Los Angeles City Council’s Transportation Committee yesterday. The committee was broadly receptive to the reforms, directing the city’s Transportation Department (LADOT) and other departments to further investigate a number of key reforms. What was perhaps most revealing was individual city councilmember attention to specific parking […]
Previewing the Future of L.A. Parking: 10 Parking Reform Recommendations
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Tomorrow’s 1 p.m. Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting will be the first public airing of the final report of Mayor Garcetti’s Los Angeles Parking Reform Working Group. In February, the Working Group delivered “Proposals for Parking Reform in the City of Los Angeles”: a 40-page report [PDF] outlining an extensive series of parking policies […]