There will never be enough resources to install a traffic signal at every intersection or deploy all of the police officers to ensure collision-free intersections. But users of the City’s streets can be educated on how to avoid unsafe behaviors.

At about 300 schools a year the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) provides bicycle and pedestrian safety training to more than 100,000 students in a miniature street setting. LADOT also prepares maps showing pedestrian walking routes to elementary and middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Parents can review the maps with their children and walk the route with them.

The LADOT is leading a regional traffic safety education and awareness campaign, known as “Watch the Road.” The Watch the Road program partners LADOT with Caltrans, the Southern California Association of Governments, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Automobile Club of Southern California, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and the California Highway Patrol. The campaign targets dangerous behaviors that cause thousands of needless collisions each year. High-impact safety messages are directed towards bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists through various past and electronic media resources.