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Metro planning efforts for low income communities, seniors and individuals...
Metro is currently undergoing a planning process for improving mobility for seniors, individuals with disabilities, and low income communities. A strategic plan has been developed to guide the...
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Letter to Metro CEO Phil Washington: State of the Research on Active...
As newly appointed Metro CEO Phil Washington settles into his role, Investing in Place and Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) were pleased to develop a policy brief summarizing research,...
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San Fernando Valley Goes All-In on Transit, Walking and Bicycling
On Monday morning, the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments (SFVCOG) Transportation Committee convened to discuss their subregion’s priorities for Metro’s potential 2016 sales tax measure. COGs...
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June 16th Investing in Place Meeting Recap
Investing in Place is excited to work with partners across Los Angeles County to develop a policy definition and research best practices for prioritizing investments based on social equity and public...
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City of Los Angeles Sidewalk Infrastructure Program
We’d love to see all Los Angeles City sidewalks as a smooth as the path at Echo Park lake for strolling and rolling for people of all ages and abilities. #lasidewalks The sidewalks in the City of Los...
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Active Transportation Program – Apply today for the Technical Advisory Committee
Knowledgeable about active transportation planning, programming and implementation challenges and opportunities? Consider applying to the the statewide Caltrans Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for...
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Los Angeles Times Reporting: Making the case of increasing investments in...
This week the Los Angeles Times ran a front page story on the most dangerous intersections for those traveling on foot in Los Angeles. In an effort to move multi-modal transportation policies and...
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Update: Metro schedule for 2016 Potential Ballot Measure
At the July 5th Metro Ballot Measure and Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Metro staff shared a updated timeline for the development of the potential 2016...
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Save the Date: September 9th and be a part of our next partner meeting
Investing in Place uses a workplan model that supports convenings and collaborating with leaders throughout the region, producing policy recommendations and disseminating information with intent to...
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Southern California Partners coming together for Transportation Equity
Is Southern California getting closer to developing a policy definition for social equity in transportation investments? We think so. In last month, over 100 people attended our Investing in Place...
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Update: LA County Council of Governments (COGs) & Metro
Metro has updated the schedule for the potential 2016 transportation ballot measure, as part of this update Metro is also requesting all Councils of Governments (COGs) and subregions to submit a...
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Gateways Council of Governments – Priorities for the potential 2016...
Gateways Council of Governments (COG) took action yesterday at their transportation and board committees to submit initial recommendations to the Metro Board on their transportation priorities for the...
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Updating the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for Los Angeles County –...
In September 2014 the Metro Board approved the exploration of a potential ballot measure for the 2016 ballot to fund new projects, programs, and strategies that would then be included in an update of...
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Framework Recommendations for Metro’s potential 2016 Transportation Ballot...
We are excited to share our public comment letter to Metro with our recommendations for the framework for the potential 2016 Transportation Ballot Measure and we invite you to sign on and join us! The...
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September 9th Partner Meeting and Reception
Please join us on Wednesday September 9th at 3pm at the California Endowment’s Yosemite Conference room in downtown Los Angeles for our next partner meeting. The event is free, but registration will be...
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Social Equity and Public Health Stakeholders meet with Metro Leadership
In mid August over 40 partners came together with Metro leadership to discuss how the potential 2016 transportation sales tax ballot measure can address social equity and public health. Meeting...
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Over 50 Organizations signed on!
This week we submitted our framework recommendations to Metro CEO Phil Washington and the Board of Directors for the potential 2016 Los Angeles County Transportation Sales tax. And over 50...
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Framework Recommendations for potential 2016 Transportation Ballot Measure
Yesterday was the deadline for initial stakeholder input regarding the development of the framework for the potential 2016 Los Angeles County Transportation Sales Tax. The Metro board will hear updates...
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Meeting materials for September 9th Partner Meeting and Reception
We are excited for our September 9th Partner meeting from 3-5pm in Yosemite A conference room at the California Endowment, with a hosted beer/wine/tapas/music reception immediately following in the...
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Los Angeles County awarded 34% of all funds from 2015 CA Active...
This week, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) announced recommended winners for $180 million in statewide Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding, including over $60 million for...
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