Transit Oriented Los Angeles
In the last 15 years, Los Angeles County has spent billions of dollars – with billions more still expected – to transform the way people move around the region. Backed by large voter mandates in 2008 and 2016, Los Angeles is advancing a vision where people favor public transportation, walking, and cycling over private automobiles. Such a transformation requires land use changes to support transportation investments thereby allowing more people to live near stations and foster amenity-rich, flourishing neighborhoods.
Transit Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future, supported by ULI-LA and LA Metro, describes how higher amounts of housing capacity near Metro stations can create positive outcomes like higher transit ridership, more housing supply, and lower impacts on the environment. These project materials advance research and understanding of Los Angeles’s past and future land use and transportation patterns and needs. And they seek to inspire more informed and productive discussions and policy-making in the region.
Report and Supporting Materials
Full Report
A conceptual framework for how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs
Report Summary
A summary highlighting research on existing conditions near seven Metro stations and how those station areas could change if zoning were updated to allow more homes and resident
Appendix: Station Area Comparison
Station area maps of population density, transit ridership, zoned capacity, building ages, parking lots, job density, and neighborhood amenities
Policy Brief
Transit-Oriented Development in Los Angeles: Past, Present and FutureA brief on the continued influence of long-gone streetcars on current density patterns in Los Angeles, with recommendations to connect housing and public transit investments
Policy Brief
Encouraging Diverse Missing-Middle Housing Near TransitA brief exploring why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse types of low-rise housing, especially near transit