Great Streets for Los Angeles | Page 18

GOALS & STRATEGIES Create a balanced transportation system that provides safe and convenient facilities for all users and all modes. 18 1 Create Great Streets for Los Angeles LADOT will be a leader in realizing the City’s Great Streets initiative, working together with city agencies and community partners to implement short-term improvements on the first 15 Great Street corridors identified – one for every council district in LA. a. Coordinate and implement the City’s Great Streets initiative to help achieve Mayor’s goals b. Establish Great Streets art, design, and cultural placemaking program See pages 46-50 for more detail on the strategies in this chapter and the benchmarks LADOT will use to measure progress toward implementing them. 2 Create a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program Local streets form the core of LA’s neighborhoods. LADOT will create an application-based program to improve the quality of life on these streets through measures to reduce speeding and congestion. These streets will be more peaceful places to live, safer for children to play, and more conducive for neighbors to build community. a. Establish an application-based program for implementing neighborhood traffic calming measures b. Establish a proactive neighborhood traffic management program, using funds from gas taxes and development impact fees c. Institute a program for “slow zones” in targeted areas