Your guide to Los Angeles’ citizen ballot Measure HLA: Mobility plan
LA TimesThe document — called Mobility Plan 2035 — touches almost every corner of the sprawling city. Among the many projects the plan identifies are protected bike lanes that would run on Sunset and Venice boulevards, and a bus lane connecting Whittier Boulevard in Boyle Heights to 6th Street downtown, then to Wilshire Boulevard west of the 110 Freeway. When it was adopted, the mobility plan represented a departure from previous street planning, by focusing on ways to slow down cars in certain parts of the city and make safer the increasingly deadly Los Angeles streets — where a pedestrian was killed nearly every other day last year. Measure HLA would mandate the installation of 200 miles of bus lanes — some operating 24 hours a day, others running only during rush hour — and more than 600 miles of bicycle lanes, including on Ventura Boulevard and along Soto Street on the Eastside. Measure HLA would prioritize the completion of projects in the Mobility Plan, according to Sharon Tso, the city’s chief legislative analyst.
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Editorial: Measure HLA win shows Angelenos really do want walkable, bikeable, safer streets
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Editorial: Fear-mongering on Measure HLA ignores what’s really scary — L.A.’s deadly streets
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Firefighters launch campaign against Measure HLA, saying ‘road diets’ threaten safety
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Endorsement: Yes on Measure HLA. Los Angeles needs safer, more bikeable, walkable streets
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Commentary: L.A.’s promise for safer streets has stalled. But a ballot measure could restart the mobility plan
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