DISTRICT 4 Initiatives
Transit & Mobility
Making Our Streets Safer For All
We have the choice in this City to make Los Angeles a city where biking, rolling, walking, taking transit, and driving are all safer and more enjoyable. Our office seeks out every opportunity we can to change our physical infrastructure in order to make this vision a reality and improve our transportation network for all of us.
Our office prioritizes three goals when evaluating transportation projects: safety, accessibility, and cutting carbon emissions. This means that with every opportunity to diversify our active transportation options, we look at whether the project will increase protection from traffic violence, improve access to opportunities, activity centers, and public spaces, and cut carbon emissions while building resilience.
Creating More Active Transportation Options
LA Riverway Bike Path:
In August 2023, City Council voted to approve a $60 million contract with Metro for the design and construction of the Los Angeles River Valley Bike Path Project, which includes the development of approximately 13 miles of a new bike path and greenway!
The project will consist of nine segments that close gaps in the existing riverside trail system, directly addressing the high need for access improvements along this stretch of the LA River. River-adjacent communities from Canoga Park to Elysian Valley will be connected to one another by way of the project’s new class I bicycle path and pedestrian trail. For LA County more broadly, these facilities will significantly bolster regional active transportation networks.
Learn more on our dedicated Valley LARiverWay Project page.
SOURCE: OLIN, 2019
Riverside Drive Protected Bike Lanes:
In partnership with LADOT, our Office identified Riverside Drive as a candidate for striping and resurfacing in the Spring of 2022. The new Riverside Drive Protected Bicycle Lanes are a half-mile long running from Los Feliz Boulevard to Glendale Boulevard and are parking-protected or protected using vertical delineators on both sides, making this stretch of road safer for all no matter how they are traveling, but especially for people biking by separating them from traffic and for people walking by painting new crosswalks and shortening crossing distances.
Sherman Oaks Bike Lanes
Working with LADOT, our office identified two half mile segments of roadway in northern Sherman Oaks where we could implement painted bike lanes and help reduce gaps. On Burbank Boulevard from Hazeltine Avenue to Van Nuys Boulevard, we closed a half-mile gap in bike lanes that connect Kester Avenue in Sherman Oaks to Elmer Avenue in North Hollywood – completing a 4.5 mile stretch. On Hazeltine Avenue from Burbank Boulevard to Oxnard Street, we implemented a half-mile bike lane segment to connect the Burbank Boulevard bike lanes to the Orange (G) Line Busway Greenway.
Valley LARiverWay Project
In February 2026, our office worked with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Los Angeles Technical Assistance Panel to engage policy experts in real estate and land‑use issues to identify a practical path forward for completing a 12.4‑mile continuous bike and pedestrian pathway along the LA River in the San Fernando Valley.
The ULI panel conducted a two‑day working session that included outreach with public and private stakeholders, an analysis of the key challenges affecting full buildout of the corridor, and the development of a set of recommendations to guide next steps.
Key recommendations include:
- Shifting to a single corridor-scale delivery instead of a segment-by-segment approach
- Prioritizing the continuous bike and pedestrian path and safety features in the near-term while phasing in additional amenities over time
- Shift to an integrated delivery model that combines design, construction, financing and maintenance into a single contract to reduce uncertainty and accelerate return on investment
- Align funding with future value creation
Investing In Street Safety Improvements
Mulholland Drive Safety Improvements
As part of a resurfacing of Mulholland Drive which our office got back in the Fiscal Year 21-22 schedule, our office worked with LADOT to create a safer Mulholland Drive from Laurel Canyon Blvd to Wrightwood Dr, including narrower driving lanes, wider shoulder where possible, and anti-burnout features at Mulholland Dr/Dona Pegita Dr which also enforce and existing “No Left Turns” sign.
Kirkwood & Laurel Canyon Drive Safety Improvements
Our office reached out to LADOT to repaint left turn arrows and crosswalks at Kirkwood Drive and Laurel Canyon Boulevard. In addition, LADOT was able to complete the design of an approved left turn arrow for northbound Laurel Canyon Boulevard traffic onto Kirkwood Drive.
Encino Traffic Safety Improvements
After the completion of a digital survey and its analysis along with data gathering in the field in 2024, LADOT assembled a suite of turn restrictions and other signage options for the Encino Hills neighborhood to reduce cut-through traffic headed to Hayvenhurst/Calneva or Sepulveda Blvd.
In March 2026, turn restrictions and no-right-turn-on-red signs were posted at 15 total locations. This “tactical trial” of turn restrictions is the second phase of a three-phase plan to address traffic issues in the Encino Hills. Learn more on our dedicated Encino Hills Traffic Calming page.
Pacific View & Mulholland Drive Safety Improvements
Our office checked in for neighbors of Pacific View Drive on the status of a request for enhanced safety at Pacific View Dr and Mulholland. We advocated for the improvements as soon as possible and are happy to report a realigned intersection which will give better visibility for people turning from Pacific View Drive onto Mulholland.
Ventura Blvd & Andosol Ave Safety Improvements
Our office was contacted by neighbors living south of Ventura Boulevard near the Encino Courtyard shopping center regarding the installation of a new signal at Ventura Blvd and Andasol Ave. Thanks to their advocacy, our office was able to work with ShopCore, the owner of the Encino Courtyard who has having the signal installed, as well as LADOT to help redesign the signal so that people could not drive through the intersection, precluding vehicle cut-through traffic for the residential community. The signal is now a TOUCAN signal, where “two can” go through, those “two” being people walking or biking. This signal design type is one tool we have to fight back against cut-through vehicle traffic.
Ventura Place Street Safety & Parking Improvements
Towards the end of 2024, our office engaged with Studio City and Ventura Place business and community stakeholders to learn about their priorities. Issues that came up repeatedly were the desire for more parking, as well as concerns about double-parking and street safety.
We reached out to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to address these issues, and they suggested a reconfiguration to add diagonal parking.
By reconfiguring the existing lanes of traffic, we were able to implement diagonal parking on the north side of the street, adding a total of 19 new parking spots on Ventura Place. The new striping plan also has one travel lane in each direction, making the street safer to cross, calming traffic, and reducing double-parking.
Upgrading Our Street Infrastructure
Reforming the City’s Street Widening Policies
For years, we have prioritized making streets easier to drive on, creating an infrastructure that both undermines accessibility and harms our environment. Councilmember Raman and colleagues introduced a motion to amend the City’s existing policies around street widening to prioritize active transportation and shade trees. New regulations would call for public improvements to promote multimodal accessibility, good street design, and sustainable infrastructure.
Reinvesting Street Furniture Advertising Revenue into Public Rights-of-Way
Earlier this year, we saw a clear mandate led by safe streets and mobility justice advocates for urgency in implementing the City’s Mobility Plan equitably and expeditiously — and a marked commitment from the Council to meet that demand. Councilmember Raman introduced a motion to create a new dedicated fund to implement the City of LA’s new Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (STAP) program and ensure the City creates a multi-year investment and implementation plan for street furniture, including transit shelters that provide riders with protection from increasingly extreme weather conditions.
Sepulveda Transit Corridor
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project is a planned Measure R and Measure M high-capacity transit line to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. This new rail connection would transform travel in the region, and is currently the largest and most transformative transit project in the United States.
During the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) phase, Metro conducted five community meetings and five public hearings throughout the project area. Our office engaged heavily on the project, including commissioning LAEDC for an economic impact study of the five alternatives in the DEIR. That study can be found and downloaded here.
In January 2026, the Metro Board selected the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA), an underground heavy rail line between the Van Nuys Metrolink Station and E Line Expo/Sepulveda Station that connects to the G Line on Van Nuys Boulevard. Key project benefits of the LPA include fast travel times, strong regional connectivity and stations at major destinations.
With the LPA now approved, staff can begin refining the project’s design, including evaluating project phasing strategies, defining an updated maintenance and storage facility approach, identifying value-engineering opportunities, further assessing a Public Private Partnership (P3) delivery approach, and refining design elements to improve connectivity, including the G Line interface in Van Nuys.
Resources & More Information
Griffith Park Safety & Active Transportation Improvements Project
Read the the final feasibility study for methods to improve active transportation safety and access in Griffith Park. Learn more on our Parks page.
City of LA Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA)
StreetsLA is part of the Department of Public Works family responsible for preserving, protecting, maintaining, and renewing the City of Los Angeles’ (City) street network and urban forest. This includes our streets’ sidewalks, bikeways, trees, and medians.
Safe Sidewalks LA
The Sidewalk Repair Program is located within the Bureau of Engineering and is responsible for fulfilling our sidewalk repairs and accessibility improvements. If you have a mobility disability or can speak for someone who does by proxy, you should submit any ADA accessibility issues (like broken sidewalks, missing curb ramps, missing Accessible Pedestrian Signals, etc) as an Access Request through the Safe Sidewalks LA website.
LA Department of Transportation
LADOT leads transportation planning, project delivery, and operations in the City of Los Angeles. LADOT manages 52 different transportation services for the region — from parking management to safety improvements to permits for private mobility operators.
- Report parking violations such as a blocked driveway to LADOT’s dispatch center at (818) 374-4823 |This number should also be called to report broken traffic signals or down or defaced traffic control signage (like STOP signs).
- Report abandoned vehicles by calling 1-800-ABANDON (1-800-222-6366)
- LADOT Transit Customer Service Center (818) 808-2273
LA Metro
Metro serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder, and operator for LA County. Their website has bus & rail schedules, updates on current and upcoming transportation projects, agendas & minutes for Metro Board meetings, and more.
