A New Model for Transit: Transit/TNC Partnerships in Western Riverside County

Project Description

As part of the city’s Vision Zero policy goal put forth by Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2015 to eliminate traffic related deaths on city streets, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has reconfigured a number of stretches of roadway in the city, removing lanes and installing what are commonly known as “road diets.” While numerous studies have shown road diets can greatly reduce the number and severity of collisions, especially for pedestrians and cyclists, the public response to many of the changes implemented in Los Angeles has been quite negative. This negative response has largely centered on claims of large increases in congestion and travel times along the streets where the LADOT has removed lanes.