PLACE Program
695 S. Vermont Avenue, South Tower, 14th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
90005
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PLACE Program (Policies for Livable, Active Communities and Environments)
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The PLACE Program is dedicated to fostering policy
change that supports the development of healthy, safe
and active environments for all Los Angeles County
residents.
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Brief on Transportation Finance in LA County
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership (SRTSNP)
developed this brief on transportation finance in LA
County to identify potential strategies for increasing
funding for active transportation (i.e. active modes of
transportation such as walking and biking). In order to
produce this brief, SRTSNP researched the multiple
funding sources that pay for transportation projects in
Los Angeles - from local proposition funding, to state
gas tax funds to federal transportation allocations. The
brief ends with recommendations for Los Angeles County’s
transportation commission (Metro) and local cities on
how to build more bicycle and pedestrian improvements on
our streets. (Transportation Finance in Los Angeles County Report
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LA County Department of Public
Health’s Awards HEAL Grants
In July 2012, The Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health issued a Healthy Eating Active Living
(HEAL) Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop and
implement one or more strategies that will create an
environment where it is convenient, safe and easy for
community members to eat healthfully and participate in
physical activity every day. The HEAL grantees will pursue a
variety of strategies including, but not limited to,
active transportation plans; increasing access to
healthy foods; and safe routes to school plans. Grantees will receive up
to $125,000 per year for approximately three years. To see a complete list
of the HEAL grantees, click here.
Estimating Cost to Build
Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure in the SCAG Region
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
is currently updating its Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).
The RTP is a long-range (25-year) transportation plan
for the SCAG region which can help reduce air pollution,
significantly increase the walkability and bikeability
of cities in the region, and expand the public transit
system.
To support SCAG’s efforts in making difficult resource
allocation decisions, the Los Angeles County Department
of Public Health (LAC DPH) estimated the cost of
creating pedestrian and bicycle improvements throughout
the SCAG region. The accompanying document (PowerPoint
pdf) provides the calculations and assumptions used
in our draft analysis. There are three components to the
analysis: (1) bicycle costs; 2) pedestrian costs; 3)
bicycle and pedestrian costs in Transit Oriented
Districts (TODs). The estimate we calculated is a range
from $37 billion to $59 billion over the 25-year period.
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Many cities, organizations, and advocates in
L.A. County are promoting and supporting
bicycling as an effective response to obesity,
physical inactivity and our reliance on the
automobile. A number of bicycle-friendly
initiatives have been started, and progress can
be seen in communities throughout the county.
The
Bicycle Friendly Communities: Lessons from LA
County Guide was created to
reinforce that progress and help more
communities move toward bicycle-friendliness. It
was written for anyone who wants to bring the
benefits of bicycle-friendliness to his or her
community – that is, for anyone who wants to use
bicycling as a tool to make the built
environment more people-focused, create
conditions that support access to daily physical
activity, and develop a more sustainable,
livable, and healthy community.
Report:
Transportation and Health – Policy Interventions
for Safer, Healthier People and Communities
This report provides policy recommendations
in the following areas: a) policies that improve
the environment and environmental health; b)
policies that enhance community design and
promote active transportation; c) policies that
reduce motor vehicle-related injuries and
fatalities. The report is authored by the Safe
Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC)
at UC Berkeley and was made possible by a
cooperative agreement between the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and Partnership
for Prevention.
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Newly painted bike lane near 7th Street and Vermont
Avenue, Los Angeles
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