2020 Urbanism Next Virtual Forum - Seleta Reynolds (LADOT)
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LADOT makes immediate operational changes: free transit and rear-door boarding, parking fines frozen and payments postponed; ridership drops but essential routes persist with transit ridership down ~73% while dockless scooters fall from 25–35k devices to ~900 and Metro bike share holds steadier. Field crews reprogram ~20% of ~5,000 signals to favor pedestrians and slow speeds, and enforcement reallocates roughly 3,000 extra officer-hours to food drops and testing sites. A reopened BlueLA carshare sees community usage rise from 55% to 75%.
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