UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

This report offers starting points for fulfilling objectives identified by Our Streets Action Committee (OSAC), a Los Angeles-based coalition of organizations focused on transportation equity and mobility justice.The report is organized around four topics:1. Indicators of Mobility (In)Justice explores data tools for visualizing the infrastructure and safety deficits we know overburden many of Los Angeles’ communities of color and low-income neighborhoods.2. Change in Paradigm: Reparative Models of Engagement lays out the shift needed to move urban planning from an extractive practice to a reparative one that builds regenerative cities, as well as examples of how planners and community organizations are accelerating this transition.3. The Funding Analysis examines how the region funds Los Angeles’ street infrastructure development and maintenance and suggests directions for increasing priority investments.4. Political Strategy for Mobility Organizing offers analysis of Los Angeles City Councilmembers’ voting records on mobility issues, along with analysis of opportunities for strategic organizing toward equitable and just mobility improvements.