A leader in the Los Angeles transportation network, LADOT aims to make transportation efficient throughout the City inorder to reach its ultimate goal of enhancing the City’s quality of life. The Department of Transportation is currently working to develop a Strategic Transportation Plan that will address long-term congestion and traffic concerns.

The Department complements its long-term traffic management goals with proven traffic management techniques. LADOT staff alleviates traffic by properly timing traffic signals so that traffic delay is reduced at signalized intersections. Special Traffic Operations engineers also reduce traffic impacts created by the many special events the City hosts every year.

The Department of Transportation is constantly working with other City departments, such as the Department of City Planning, and community organizations to understand traffic route patterns for transportation planning purposes.

Effective updates of traffic projections help LADOT better manage traffic. Traffic projections are also used to help engineers who plan for new transportation projects in the City of Los Angeles.