Planning Performance Indicators for Los Angeles: Access to Opportunity Data, Metrics, and Indicators

Date: August 9, 2022

Author(s): Aurelia Mora Camacho, Arturo Jacobo, Paola Tirado Escareño, Rachel Lu, Danielle Parnes

Abstract

As social equity becomes an increasingly important factor in decision-making and operations for public transit operators, LA Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation is seeking to identify indicators they can use to measure their constituents’ access to opportunities and to better support transit equity in projects across their portfolio. This research builds on LA Metro’s existing work (including its Traffic Reduction Study, 2028 Strategic Plan, and How Women Travel report, among others) to understand its existing data and what additional data is realistic to collect and incorporate moving forward.

About the Project

This capstone project was completed in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Urban & Regional Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.