ABOUT KEEPLAMOVING

KeepLAMoving is about one thing: Safer, saner streets. We believe in a balanced and rational approach to transportation in Los Angeles, a fluid and dynamic network that serves all transportation needs for all residents. We believe that Angelenos deserve nothing less than world-class infrastructure - and we recognize that our city’s leaders unfortunately have failed to deliver.

In fact, over the last decade, they’ve made things worse.

KeepLAMoving is a volunteer coalition of neighbors, parents, community leaders, small business owners, and hardworking Angelenos across the city and county. We’re not billionaires, developers or mega rich financial managers and we don’t take money from shady backers or foundations incorporated in states all across the country.

We are your neighbors. We maintain this website and do the work. All the videos and analysis you see here have been done in our free time, nobody is or has been paid to do this. We are in this because we believe in safety and mobility for everyone in Los Angeles, no matter what form of transportation you choose.

We believe that L.A. deserves world-class transportation systems — for cars, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians. We also recognize the reality that 85% of Angelenos depend on their cars. We support policies that encourage other forms of transportation without impeding those millions of people every day.

The fact is, vanishingly few Angelenos have the privilege of living within walking or bicycling distance to our jobs, much less all the other essentials of life. And transit simply isn’t a viable option for the vast majority of people in L.A. County.

In fact, the war on cars hurts poor and working Angelenos the hardest. As we like to say, don’t take our word for it: In 2018 the Southern California Association of Governments commissioned a study by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies to figure out why, despite spending tens billions of dollars over decades, public transit ridership is at historic lows.

The conclusion? “The typical low-income rider wants to graduate to automobiles, while the typical driver might view transit positively but have little interest in using it….With very few exceptions, acquiring an automobile in Southern California makes life easier along multiple dimensions, dramatically increasing access to jobs, educational institutions and other opportunities.” You can read the full report here.

KeepLAMoving stands with the millions of Angelenos who expect their political leaders to pursue transportation policies that are safe, sane, and sustainable for everyone and for all road users - without sacrificing safety, efficiency, and economy.