MAYOR JIM HAHN ON TRANSPORTATION

Mayor Hahn is working to make it safer and easier for Los Angeles residents to get where they need to go. His comprehensive approach to reduce traffic includes large-scale projects and common sense improvements.

During his first term in office, Mayor Hahn fulfilled his pledge to fix the city’s 25 worst intersections every year. These projects were not only completed on time, they were completed under budget, reducing traffic for 1 million drivers every day. He recently launched his Street Smart program, which will bring a focused effort to reduce traffic on 35 of Los Angeles’ busiest streets. When the Street Smart program is completed, it will save Los Angeles drivers an estimated 15 million hours in traffic each year!

Mayor Hahn is also committed to reducing traffic by providing better public transit options and more opportunities for people to live closer to where they work.

Below are highlights of Mayor Hahn’s record on transportation.

	Created the Street Smart program, which targets for traffic-reducing improvements 35 of Los Angeles’ busiest streets and when completed will save Los Angeles drivers an estimated 15 million hours per year.
	Created the Traffic Safety and Congestion Relief Plan, which identifies and makes improvements to 25 of Los Angeles’ worst intersections every year. These improvements make the intersections safer and help reduce traffic congestion for over 1 million drivers every day.
	Encouraging development along public transit lines, including assisting with permitting and financing for housing and retail developments at the MTA stations at Wilshire and Vermont, Wilshire and Western, and North Hollywood. Mayor Hahn also supports and developed laws that give developers incentives to build housing near public transit.
	Successfully advocated for the expansion of the Metro Rapid Bus Program, a national model program that adjusts traffic signal timing as buses approach.
	Successfully advocated for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors to stop spending taxpayer dollars on legal efforts to fight a federal court mandate to purchase additional buses. Mayor Hahn argued that this money should instead be spent to improve public transportation.
	Deployed traffic officers around the city during rush-hour traffic to ease congestion on busy streets.
	Supported the design and construction of the Exposition Line and was instrumental in making a priority a light rail line along the Crenshaw Corridor.
	Lobbied successfully to secure federal funding for the 6-mile Eastside Light Rail project to extend the Metro Gold Line into East Los Angeles.
	Worked with neighborhood councils and other civic leaders to stop the Ahmanson Ranch development, which would have developed over 3,000 new homes and generated 45,000 additional car trips each day in the San Fernando Valley. As a result of these successful efforts, the area will become a state park. Mayor Hahn received Heal the Bay’s “Walk the Talk” award for his efforts to save Ahmanson Ranch.
	Created the Transportation Task Force, which brings together engineers, consultants, pedestrian activists, urban planners, and transportation experts to develop innovative solutions to address traffic issues.
	Provided funding to improve a record number of miles of streets.
	Co-chaired and helped launch the “Watch the Road” campaign to reduce accidents, which are the leading cause of traffic.
	Supports the proposed Antelope Valley route for the future California High Speed Rail project.