L.A. First Last Mile Metro Planning
Working alongside the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Southern California Association of Governments, IBI Group helped establish the first of its kind and award winning physically active network-based strategy for improving station access and ridership throughout the Los Angeles county — with special focus on the first & last mile of a rider’s journey.
Client
LA County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityLocation
Los Angeles, CA
2015
Completion
![First Last Mile map. For full text please download our project PDF below](https://www.ibigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FirstLastMile_LA_Supp_02.jpg)
![First Last Mile Comic strip showing benefits of First Last Mile station. For full text please download our project PDF below](https://www.ibigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FirstLastMile_LA_Supp_03.jpg)
![Comic of youth soccer team getting ice cream using the First Last Mile route. For full text please download our project PDF below](https://www.ibigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FirstLastMile_LA_Supp_04.jpg)
Awards
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President's Award
2014
By Annual SCAG Sustainability Awards
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National Planning Excellence Award
2015
Best Practice,
By APA
Mobility+
A new mobile ecosystem is changing the way we interact with and move throughout our cities.
Improving the first and last mile connections for public transit users is an ongoing issue for Los Angeles and many major metropolitan areas and this study addresses the issue right on. The strategic goals of the plan were simple: Identify policies that can expand the reach of transit; maximize multi-modal benefits and efficiencies; and, build and enhance the sustainability planning policy in place.
David Chow
US Lead, Infrastructure
IBI Group