What's New

Welcome to the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation website.

We are a recognized leader in the delivery of exceptional transportation services to our customers through continual improvement, innovation and teamwork. As we move into the future, that innovation and teamwork will help us continue to improve the quality of life in the City of Los Angeles.

We are proud to announce these new Department initiatives:

Cityride Users Can Now Elect to Automatically Load Metro Passes onto TAP Cards

Cityride participants can skip lines at Metro Customer Centers and instead opt to have their monthly Metro passes loaded automatically onto their TAP cards. For more information, please view our press release, or visit the Cityride program page.

LADOT Launches Real Time Information System

The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has launched a real time passenger information system for riders of LADOT's DASH Downtown circulator bus service. LADOT developed the system with Synchromatics.

Real time information refers to providing schedule and route information using wireless technology. Information can be accessed by phone, text, mobile web or regular web.

For more information, please see the press release or visit the site on the regular web at dtdash.com.

Department of Transportation Announces Safety Guidelines for Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween

The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) wants to remind parents that Halloween is a great time to teach children about pedestrian and traffic safety.

LADOT has issued simple guidelines that will help safeguard children on Halloween night and whenever they walk in their neighborhoods at night.

ATTENTION: Permit Process for Special Events has changed

The Permit Process for Special Events has changed, effective 26 Oct 09. For more details, please see the following press release.

We encourage all event sponsors/coordinators to visit the newly amended Bureau of Street Services web site.

ATTENTION: An Important Message to the Riders of LADOT Services

LADOT has begun an analysis of all of its transit services to respond to the significant budget shortfall facing its transit services program. The analysis will focus on underperforming routes with low ridership as well as services that may be duplicative of services provided by other agencies such as Metro to determine how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of LADOT’s services and cut its costs.

For more information and to submit your own suggestions, please visit the LADOT Transit website.

New Projects Coming This Year

LADOT announces 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Traffic Safety and Operational Improvements by Council District. See what's planned for your neighborhood now.

This document will be updated on a monthly basis and can always be found at Traffic Control Devices.

LADOT Transit Rider Alerts on Twitter

Attention DASH and Commuter Express riders, you can now follow @ladottransit and @dashdowntown on Twitter for up-to-the-minute rider alerts.

For more information, see the LADOT Transit site.

Car Share Parking in Los Angeles

The City of Los Angeles is partnering with Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing company, to provide access to vehicles by the hour or the day in highly populated areas near the University of Southern California, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has identified ten parking spots in each neighborhood for the exclusive use of the car sharing vehicles during this pilot program beginning this summer.

For more information about the one-year pilot program, please see the LADOT webpage dedicated to Car Share Parking in Los Angeles as well as the Zipcar LA website.

LADOT Traffic Safety Program Wins Local Emmy

The Department of Transportation is very excited to announce that its traffic safety and education program, Watch the Road, has won a local Emmy award. Watch the Road gained the nomination in the 61st Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards for its 30-second public service announcement, "Pedestrian Awareness." The PSA, which aired on local channels in 2008, strikingly highlighted safety awareness for pedestrians.

Watch the Road received a 2006 Emmy award in the Best Public Service Announcement category for a PSA promoting bicycle safety.

Check out the new public service announcements (PSAs) Watch The Road has out, including the EMMY award winning spot at Watch the Road's new Facebook page.

LADOT's "Watch The Road" program joins Facebook

Check out the new public service announcements (PSAs) Watch The Road has out, including an EMMY award nominated spot at Watch the Road's new Facebook page.

LADOT’s Cityride Program Introduces New Fare Card October 1, 2009

Cityride enables seniors and persons with disabilities to use transportation services at a substantial discount. The new fare payment method does not affect any of the current program benefits, and Cityride customers will still receive the same amount of credit each quarter. Learn more by visiting the Cityride website.

Introducing the LADOT What's New Archives

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is pleased to introduce an archive section for LADOT postings and past updates that have been removed from the main page.

The permalink for the archive section is located at the bottom of this page.

New Bicycle Racks Installed

Look for brand new bicycle racks using former parking meter poles throughout the City of Los Angeles. These 'sleeve' racks are mounted over previous parking meter poles where Park & Pay machines have been installed recently. A listing of locations is here.

Olympic West Pico East Summary

Following a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling on Monday, May 5, 2008 installation of the Olympic West Pico East Initiative will be delayed. The Initiative will move forward following a more extensive environmental review currently underway, with expected completion in October 2009. Information on the Mayor's initiative to relieve traffic congestion on Olympic and Pico Boulevards is available here.

Studies and reports are available online.

New Parking Meter Rates Going Into Effect

Rates will be phased in from Sep to Dec 2008 throughout the City of Los Angeles. Check out the new range of rates and the increased hours of increased operation in some parts of the City.

Neighborhood Council Partners Connect with LADOT Directly

Questions? Concerns? Need to reach our Neighborhood Council Liaison? Here is a direct link for email correspondence NCs can use. Latest on Transportation and Taxicab Commissions' board meetings, agendas and reports can be found on our site too.

Parking Enforcement on National Holidays Announced

With several national holidays just around the courner, LADOT wants to remind all our stakeholders and partners to please be aware of which parking restrictions are enforced and which ones are not. For all the details, please see our November 20, 2008 memorandum. Thank you and happy holidays from your Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

Park & Pay Stations Replace Old Meters

LADOT has begun replacing outdated, single-space meters with new Park & Pay Stations. The new stations will improve parking convenience, predictability and reliability. In addition to coins, the new stations allow drivers to pay their parking costs with credit cards and even cell phones. Find Park & Pay locations using this map or learn more by glancing at our Park & Pay fact sheet and Frequently Asked Questions.

Visit our archive section to learn more about past Department initiatives.