UP 206 FinalBy: Lupita Ibarra

Securing Funding for a Transit Plaza Within a CRA Project Area

Which project area within the Community Redevelopment Agency for the City of Los Angeles is best suited for a transit plaza?

• Where should it be located within the selected area?

Policy Question

Why a Transit Plaza?

What is a Transit Plaza?• Transit Plazas are quasi-transit villages. They work with

existing infrastructure to create linkages between different modes of transportation while diversifying land use and improving the socio-economic conditions of the area.

Why?• The Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) intends

to apply for the Caltrans Community Based Planning Grant and it needs a transit angle.

• Work with CRA/LA to secure additional funding for completing projects

• Establish aid in areas with large transit dependent populations within the City of Los Angeles

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Hollywood & Central Project Region

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LA Harbor Project Area

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Priority Index

Priority Index by Region Priority Index by Area

CRA/LA Project Area Selection

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Commute to Work Westlake City of LA

Workers (16+ Older) 54,079 1,494,895Drive Alone 13.7% 65.7%

Public Transit 39.6% 6.6%

Bike 0.6% 0.6%

Walk 5.4% 2.9%

*source: 2000 US Census

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Pedestrian & Bicycle Collisions

Pedestrian and Bicycle accidents are not equally distributed throughout Westlake, but rather they are concentrated around areas with higher population densities.

Transit Dependency Around Qualified Vacant Parcels

Maps illustrate connectivity around qualified vacant parcels. A 0.5 mile buffer is drawn around the parcel with the greatest amount of connectivity points.

Crime, Infrastructure and Median Income

- Priority Intersections were identified based on the following:

• lack of sidewalk width and infrastructure and

• perceived danger/conflicts between pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles.

- The purpose of identifying crime areas is to prioritize regions where existing infrastructure can be improved to reduce crime. Theft is reported by the amount of incidents per 1,000 people of pedestrian traffic flow.

Hotspot Analysis

Transit Plaza Need Index: • Based on the Median

Income, Transit dependency, Population Density, Number of Vehicular Collisions, Number of Reported Crimes, and Areas Identified by the CCNP for Improvement

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The vacant parcel on 8th St. and Alvarado is best suited for a

transit plaza.

Skills Utilized

Layout with seven layers- slide 10

Modeling- slide 13

Metadata- slide 17

Measurement

ORIGINAL DATA/GEOCODING

I geocoded crime rates for a 1 year span, then I drew redevelopment boundaries and created a new shapefile

Intersecting information- Parcel, Census tract, and Land Use

Charts and Images

Hotspot Analysis- slides

Inset Map

Graduated Symbols

Creating an Index

Distance

Buffering

Raster ModelSlides: 10, 11, 12, and 13

Metadata