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Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’

School districts throughout the country are purchasing security equipment and new technology at a rapid pace

Friday, September 23rd, 2022
Classroom with empty desks

School districts throughout the U.S. are launching initiatives to keep students safe in classrooms. Millions of dollars are being spent but, relief is not coming quickly enough for most parents, students, teachers, and administrators. Campus comfort is hard to find currently. Teachers and administrators are focused on security, threats, incident attempts, cybersecurity breaches, and other […]

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Data on Demand: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
Data on Demand - Eno Transportation - Cover

This report examines the data needs that agency staff need to consider when developing a MOD agreement with private providers. Background information on elements of data sharing in this context includes general state of the practice, and challenges and opportunities for transit agencies.

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Understanding How Women Travel

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
How Women Travel - LA Metro Report

Mobility – or one’s ability to get around – shapes the opportunities we can reach, and the way we interact in and with our communities. Although women comprise over half of all transit ridership in Los Angeles County, their mobility needs, concerns, and preferences have not been critically accounted for in the way our transportation systems are planned. As a result, women tend to bear outsized burdens and risks in the course of their daily travel.

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Measure M: Lessons from a Successful Transportation Ballot Campaign

Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Ballot Box

In November 2016 voters in Los Angeles County approved a ½ cent sales tax increase to finance transportation called Measure M. Formally titled the “Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan,” Measure M was proposed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) and on Election Day won resoundingly, with 71.15 percent of the vote. Measure M’s passage marked the fourth time since 1980, and the second time since 2008, that LA County voters approved a sales tax increase to finance transportation. The measure is expected to generate $120 billion over forty years to fund 50 transportation projects.

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Building an Earthquake-Proof Bridge in Los Angeles

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

Los Angeles’ authorities are replacing the iconic Sixth Street viaduct with an impressive earthquake-proof structure.

Read the full story on this video, including images and useful links, here: https://www.theb1m.com/video/building-los-angeles-earthquake-proof-bridge

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Falling Transit Ridership: California and Southern California

Friday, February 9th, 2018
Falling Transit Ridership in California: Figure ES-1

In the last ten years transit use in Southern California has fallen significantly. This report investigates that falling transit use. We examine patterns of transit service and patronage over time and across the region, and consider an array of explanations for falling transit use: declining transit service levels, eroding transit service quality, rising fares, falling fuel prices, the growth of Lyft and Uber, the migration of frequent transit users to outlying neighborhoods with less transit service, and rising vehicle ownership. While all of these factors probably play some role, we conclude that the most significant factor is increased motor vehicle access, particularly among low-income households that have traditionally supplied the region with its most frequent and reliable transit users.

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Los Angeles: 360 Degree Video Tour of LA Subway

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

Look up. Look down. Look all around as you bore under the city of Los Angeles, 60 feet below the brew pubs and poke shops with a crew of hardhats and the mechanical gopher of a machine that’s clawing out a new subway route.

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February 28 – March 2, Los Angeles, CA: USHSR West Coast Rail Conference

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
2017 West Coast Rail Conference

$180 Billion in projects, new studies, construction news, project announcements, new procurement schedule, P3s and much more! Join the movers and shakers bringing rail to America at the 2017 West Coast Rail Conference.

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Who Gets Counted Counts: 2015 Los Angeles Bike and Pedestrian Count

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition - Bike Count

We looked at 8 of the 17 streets where bike lanes were installed between 2010 and 2015 with sufficient collisions and ridership data to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the projects. Overall, the number of automobile collisions decreased, pedestrian collisions stayed relatively flat, and bicycle crash risk decreased, after accounting for increased ridership.

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UCLA State of the Commute

Thursday, March 24th, 2016
UCLA - Table 1 Table 2 Figure 2

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
University commuters used alternative transportation modes at a rate far higher than Los Angeles County commuters as a whole, a pattern that held true for all major modes. More than 15% of UCLA employees and more than 39% of students were pedestrians or bicycle commuters, options exercised by less than 4% of LA County commuters. Thirteen percent of UCLA employees and more than 25% of students commuted by public transit, compared to only 7% for all of LA County. Finally, more than 14% of UCLA employees commuted by carpool or vanpool, while 10% of LA County commuters used one of these modes.

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