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Here’s where you can monitor progress on Measure HLA
Bicyclists at the intersection of Spring and 3rd streets in downtown L.A., where bike lanes diagonally cross an intersection.
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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation launched a website this week that the public can eventually use to monitor the city’s implementation of Measure HLA.
What is Measure HLA?
The goal of Measure HLA is to speed up progress on Mobility Plan 2035, a policy the city approved a decade ago that identified networks of streets to improve with protected bike lanes, pedestrian signal improvements, bus lanes and other enhancements.
Measure HLA requires the city to implement Mobility Plan upgrades when it repaves at least one-eighth of a mile of a street specified in one of the networks.
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What’s its status?
More than a year after it passed, an ordinance has not yet been adopted. The L.A. City Council still has to approve an ordinance drafted by the city attorney.
What is the website?
Measure HLA website
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Go to mp35implementation.lacity.gov to explore the Mobility Plan 2035 Dashboard.
The site centers on an interactive map. It is a required component of Measure HLA and shows all the work being done on the networks specified in the Mobility Plan. Those networks are distinguished by which mode of travel — including cycling, walking or using transit — the plan’s improvements prioritize.
How to use it
Using the panel on the left-hand side of the dashboard, you can filter projects by name, lead agency, location and type of mobility plan network.
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On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see information panels for each project. The information attached to each project depends on whether it’s exempt from the requirements of Measure HLA.
Exemptions?
Not all projects on Mobility Plan network streets trigger the improvements Measure HLA requires.
For these projects, you’ll see the city’s reasoning for why it believes Measure HLA doesn’t apply.
All of the projects currently shown on the portal have Measure HLA exemptions.
Once the ordinance is adopted, the website will feature a button that you can use to contest information listed for a given project, including the city’s listed reason for an exemption.
What if Measure HLA does apply?
When you click on the information panel for a project that does involve a Mobility Plan improvement, you’ll see how work will affect the availability of parking spots, accessibility to transit and volume of people who can travel through the corridor per day, among other information.
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You will also be able to see safety statistics, including how many people experienced serious injuries or died as a result of traffic collisions on the portion of road the city is working on.
Why did the city launch the website now?
Measure HLA requires the city to “provide publicly accessible information regarding Mobility Plan projects.” April 9 was set as the deadline for the publication of the website since it marks a year since the ordinance went into effect.
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