Los Angeles, Take Transit

Let’s all get to Net Zero.

LOS ANGELES | NET ZERO | TRANSPORTATION GOALS

  • Increase the percentage of all trips made by walking, biking, micro-mobility / matched rides or transit to at least 35% of 2025; 50% by 2035; and maintain at least 50% by 2050.
  • Reduce VMT (vehicle miles travelled) per capita by at least 13% by 2025; 39% by 2035; and 45% by 2050.
  • Ensure Los Angeles is prepared for Autonomous Vehicles (AV) by the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • Increase the percentage of electric and zero emission vehicles in the city to 25% by 2025; 80% by 2035; and 100% by 2050.
  • Electrify 100% of LA Metro and LADOT buses by 2030.

“Because transportation accounts for 19% of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and is the top contributor to air pollution…Los Angeles, a city known as the car capital of the world is investing more in our transit infrastructure than any other American city in history.”

Read Los Angeles’s Net Zero Green New Deal plan with more on transportation goals on pages 68 and 78.

“If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won’t have traffic problems.”

Jamie learner,
Urban trasport pioneer

Los Angeles public transit tools & tips:

Within Los Angeles

  • L.A. Metro – Los Angeles’s network of bus, rail and subway lines. More than 10 million people – nearly one-fourth of California’s residents – live, work and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area. Check out LA’s NextGen Bus Plan which reimagines LA’s bus service to ensure fast, frequent, reliable and accessible transit.
  • Metro Micro – Micro is Metro’s new on-demand rideshare service, offering trips within several zones in LA County.  The new service is for short local trips, offers shorter wait times (under 15 min from time of reservation), and uses small vehicles (seating up to 10 passengers).
  • Metro Bike Share – The Metro Bike Share system makes bikes available 24/7, 365 days a year in Downtown LA, Central LA, Hollywood, North Hollywood and on the Westside. Download the official Metro Bike Share app to quickly unlock Metro Bikes, check real-time bike and dock availability, purchase passes and much more

Beyond Los Angeles

  • MetroLink – Metrolink is a commuter rail system in Southern California, serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties, as well as to Oceanside in San Diego County.
  • Southern California Transit Agencies – Community listing of all transit agencies in South California.

Thank you for helping to make the world more sustainable by going low-carbon!