Venice Blvd for All
Streets for All is fighting to make sure L.A. follows its own Mobility Plan and Venice Blvd is redesigned as a complete street. This means dedicated bus lanes, pedestrian improvements, and protected mobility lanes.
Venice Blvd. is unusually wide at 175 feet, and on the City’s 2035 mobility plan has protected bike lines and dedicated bus lanes. As the only corridor connecting Downtown LA to the ocean Venice Blvd can be an example for building a healthier and greener Los Angeles.
Streets for All started advocating for designing Venice Blvd as Los Angeles’ largest complete street in 2020, building a volunteer base and talking to businesses along the corridor. As of December 2022 LADOT is currently installing a quick build complete street treatment on large sections of Venice Blvd.
According to LADOT:
From 2012 to 2022, 1203 collisions occurred on this section of Venice Blvd. 25% of those involved people walking or riding a bike, and 58 people were killed or severely injured. We are redesigning our streets to prioritize human life.
We're also working with Metro to improve bus operations for the more than 19,000 people who board the bus daily. 84% of those are from households that make less than $50k/year, and 82% do not own a car and rely on bus service.
