transportation & street safety

Angelenos are tired of sitting in traffic, feeling unsafe on their streets, and navigating broken sidewalks. We’ve voted for real change — Measure R (2008) and Measure M (2016) committed $120B to the expansion of rail and transit across the county, and Measure HLA (2024) mandated that street safety improvements happen when streets get repaved, not decades later. We’ve been waiting for City Hall to deliver on those promises with the urgency they deserve. Los Angeles moves too slowly, spends too inefficiently, plans too haphazardly, and acts too timidly to give people the transportation network they've already voted for. 

Build the transit Angelenos voted for

The goal

A Los Angeles where the transit system Angelenos voted and paid for gets built on time and on budget, and where stereotypes about being forced to sit in traffic are no longer our reality.

The problem

Angelenos have taxed themselves billions of dollars to build a transit system that actually works. The Sepulveda Transit Corridor, the Vermont Transit Corridor, the K Line Northern Extension — these aren't distant dreams, they're voter-approved commitments with funding attached that need to be accelerated by Metro and by the city through all means possible, and cannot be subject to delay from the city’s broken bureaucracy. Every year of delay is another year Angelenos spend sitting in traffic they voted to escape.

Our plan

  1. Leverage our appointees on Metro to advocate for the city, and to prioritize the highest-ridership rail and express bus projects and deliver them on time and on budget. Opening the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, Vermont Transit Corridor, K Line Northern Extension, NoHo to Pasadena BRT, and Southeast Gateway Line would transform what it feels like to move around the city. We must also deliver the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail and fully fund the northern extension from Pacoima to the City of San Fernando, so the Valley gets the full line it was promised.

  2. Create a team of project expediters in the mayor's office to eliminate any city delays on Metro’s major capital projects.

  3. Encourage innovative financing structures modeled on those used in other countries, including investments from public pension plans, funding from public infrastructure banks, and well-designed public private partnerships. Explore working with the County and Metro to dedicate a share of the new property tax revenue that transit creates near stations back toward building the highest-priority projects. 

  4. Build housing and commercial spaces directly on top of new station entrances as part of the transit construction itself so we don’t wait years.

Make buses fast and frequent

The goal

A Los Angeles where the bus network is fast, frequent, reliable, and modern enough to trust.

The problem

Our buses are slow, unreliable, and not frequent enough. A system that gets stuck in the same traffic as every other car on the road isn't a real alternative to driving, it's a last resort. Too many Angelenos who have a choice don't take the bus because they can't trust it to get them there on time.

The city needs fast, frequent buses on the corridors people actually commute on. That means permanent, dedicated bus lanes and more buses running more often. The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games are a chance to accelerate this work. Los Angeles is already required to build a network of dedicated Olympic lanes. We can't repeat 1984, when we created them and then immediately removed them once the Games ended.

Our plan

  1. Run more Metro buses more often, reintroduce express service on the highest-ridership corridors, and expand Commuter Express routes so more Angelenos have a fast, reliable option they'd actually choose.

  2. Accelerate rush hour and all-day bus lanes on high-ridership routes throughout the City, and enforce them with automated cameras, including making as much of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Route Network permanent bus priority lanes as possible.

  3. Program traffic signals to give buses and trains priority along street-level rail and Bus Rapid Transit lines like the G and J Lines.

  4. Build a 24/7 dedicated transit loop in Downtown LA so buses aren't stuck in the same congestion as everyone else.

Make our streets safe

The goal

A Los Angeles with people’s safety at the heart of its street design and enforcement.

The problem

Since 2015, Los Angeles has had a Vision Zero policy, a commitment that no one should die on our streets from traffic violence. Instead, traffic deaths have risen by more than 50%. It has never been treated as a genuine priority. Walking, biking, and driving are all less safe than they should be.

Residential streets are overwhelmed by cut-through traffic. Bike lanes lack physical protection. Roads are too fast and crosswalks are too few. Every time the city repaves a street without fixing any of this, we miss the cheapest chance we'll ever get to make it safer.

And enforcement is aimed at the wrong things. LAPD spends too much time on pretextual stops and equipment violations that have nothing to do with the dangerous driving that is actually killing people.

Our plan

  1. Reinvigorate Vision Zero by treating it as a citywide operating mandate not just as a program of the Department of Transportation. Create a dedicated Vision Zero Director in the Mayor's Office to make safety the governing lens for every decision made related to our streets. Explore new revenue sources from programs like speed enforcement cameras to dedicate funds to street safety.  

  2. Standardize safety improvements so that every time the city repaves or repairs a street, protected crossings, better signals, and safer designs are built in automatically. 

  3. Build and expand an automated speed camera program and bring back red light cameras, so that dangerous driving is deterred without relying on police. 

  4. Direct LAPD to prioritize the violations that actually kill people: speeding, racing, and DUIs. This means moving resources away from pretextual stops that are racially biased and equipment stops that consume enforcement resources without making streets safer.

  5. Physically protect people walking and biking by adding concrete barriers and curb extensions to existing bike lanes and our crosswalks.

  6. Build a Neighborhood Network of Calm Streets, by adding speed humps, fighting cut-through traffic from navigation apps, and making school zones safer with quick-build improvements.

  7. Optimize traffic signals for pedestrian safety. Walking routes to schools, parks, and commercial corridors should have signals designed around the people crossing the street, not just for cars.

Fix the streets. Turn the lights back on.

The goal

A Los Angeles with well-maintained roads and sidewalks, shaded by trees, maintained equitably across every neighborhood.

The problem

Los Angeles has treated the quality of its streets as an afterthought. Roads are deteriorating, sidewalks are neglected, and basic maintenance has been deferred for decades. Year after year, the city fails to fill the public works jobs needed to fix potholes and trim trees. Without a long-term Capital Improvement Plan, infrastructure decisions get made haphazardly, and the city keeps falling further behind.

Our plan

  1. Deliver a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and write it into the City Charter so it outlasts any single Mayor. The CIP is a transparent, long-term infrastructure investment roadmap that coordinates departments, pairs funding sources, and publishes a clear schedule so the public understands what our commitments are.

  2. Support an empowered Director of Public Works in the City Charter who would directly administer the various bureaus and offices of the Department of Public Works and will be in charge of delivering the Capital Improvement Plan and overseeing our public space and infrastructure. 

  3. Finally fix our broken sidewalks. The City will invest directly in sidewalk repair as basic transportation infrastructure, give property owners clear rules about who is responsible for what, and significantly expand the rebate program so more sidewalks get fixed faster.

  4. Pave the streets again. Repaving has stalled because overengineered curb ramps drive up the cost of every project. We will deliver ADA-compliant ramps more efficiently, repave more miles of street, and protect repaving funding in the CIP so it stops getting cut.

  5. Turn the lights back on. A disgraceful disinvestment in our Bureau of Street Lighting has left more than 30,000 streetlights dark across the city, with average repair times of a year. We will reinvest in the Bureau, and turn the lights back on ASAP. We will fortify lights against vandalism and copper wire theft using proven hardening techniques and ensure that repairs take days, not months. We will publish a public dashboard showing exactly where lights are out and when they'll be repaired, so Angelenos no longer have to beg the city for basic infrastructure.