Measure HLA, also referred to as Healthy Streets L.A., asks voters in the City of Los Angeles to require the city to — over time — redesign streets to be safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. In essence, the measure demands that the city take the opportunity to carry out the street safety enhancements outlined in the city’s own Mobility Plan every time a street is undergoing improvements (such as repaving).
Official title on the ballot: City Mobility Plan Implementation Initiative
You are being asked:
Shall an ordinance be adopted requiring the City of Los Angeles to install certain street and safety modifications as described in the City’s Mobility Plan Network of pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and vehicle routes whenever the city makes an improvement to at least a one-eighth mile segment of a road or sidewalk; and requiring the city to provide publicly accessible information regarding Mobility Plan projects?
WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS
-
A “yes” vote means You want to require the City to construct street modifications, based on the conceptual guidelines in the Mobility Plan, whenever the City improves at least a one-eighth mile segment of a road or sidewalk.
-
A “no” vote means You do not want to require the City to construct street modifications, based on the conceptual guidelines in the Mobility Plan, whenever the City improves at least a one-eighth mile segment of a road or sidewalk.
Understanding Measure HLA
This measure arrives after a year in which Los Angeles tallied more traffic deaths (337) than homicides (327). Moreover, critics say the city has ignored the law already on the books to make the streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Read the full article here
