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SB 79 just legalized 1.5 million new homes near transit in the City of LA
With SB 79 signed by the governor we estimate its impacts in the City of LA - finding over 100,000 viable parcels upzoned and enough new zoned housing capacity to double LA's current housing stock of 1.37 million homes.
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It’s hard to use LA Metro’s ridership dashboard. We built a new one.
Visualize, filter, and download LA Metro ridership data with our new dashboard. We made it easy see how bus and rail lines have changed over time - a significant improvement over Metro's antiquated dot net dashboard.
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How Land Use Reform Could Help Solve the Los Angeles Budget Crisis
Our high-level analysis shows how restrictive, exclusionary zoning has accentuated the City’s financial crisis, and how targeting upzoning could help balance budgets. Senate Bill 79 would create capacity to grow the City of LA’s annual property tax income by nearly $1 billion.
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Bus riders in LA are delayed more than 5 million minutes every weekday
In a new analysis, we have found bus riders in LA are losing over 5.5 million minutes — equivalent to more than ten years every weekday due to inefficient street design and lack of dedicated bus lanes. We break down our findings, maps out delay hotspots, and proposes targeted solutions to significantly improve transit efficiency and equity in Los Angeles.