Metro - File #: 2026-0432

• File #: 2026-0432
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/29/2026
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 7/15/2026
• Title: APPROVE the staff recommendation to provide assistance to local jurisdictions to use Local Return and TDA Article 3 as the only available funding for Open and Slow Street events occurring between September 2026 and March 2028. HORVATH AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY BASS: A. Come back in September with identification of eligible funding for an additional $1M of Metro-controlled funding for the Open Streets program without delay. B. Refer the mission statement to the Planning and Programming Committee: Metro is not just in the business of moving people through places-we help shape what those places become. As an essential regional mobility program, Open Streets advances Metro's mission by transforming public streets into vibrant spaces that connect neighborhoods, expand access to transit, encourage walking, bicycling, and rolling, support local businesses, improve public health and safety, and strengthen community trust. By giving residents recurring opportunities to experience safe, people...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Formula Allocation / Local Return, Grant Aid, Local Returns, Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Open Streets, Pilot studies, Program, Ridership, Ridesharing, Safety, Strategic planning, Sustainable transportation, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971, Transportation modes, Walking

Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 15, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: OPEN AND SLOW STREETS GRANT PROGRAM UPDATE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVE the staff recommendation to provide assistance to local jurisdictions to use Local Return and TDA Article 3 as the only available funding for Open and Slow Street events occurring between September 2026 and March 2028.

HORVATH AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY BASS:
A. Come back in September with identification of eligible funding for an additional $1M of Metro-controlled funding for the Open Streets program without delay.

B. Refer the mission statement to the Planning and Programming Committee: Metro is not just in the business of moving people through places-we help shape what those places become. As an essential regional mobility program, Open Streets advances Metro's mission by transforming public streets into vibrant spaces that connect neighborhoods, expand access to transit, encourage walking, bicycling, and rolling, support local businesses, improve public health and safety, and strengthen community trust. By giving residents recurring opportunities to experience safe, people-centered streets firsthand, Open Streets fosters lasting travel behavior that increases transit ridership, advances climate and sustainability goals, and builds public support for long-term investments in complete, multimodal communities. Through a permanent commitment to Open Streets, Metro affirms that transportation is more than infrastructure-it is a catalyst for creating a more connected, equitable, resilient, and prosperous Los Angeles County.

Issue
ISSUE

At its December 2025, meeting, the Board approved an amendment to the Open and Slow Streets report by Directors Horvath, Dutra, Solis, Hahn, Sandoval, and Yaroslavsky to direct the Chief Executive Officer to report back with a series of recommendations and analysis related to the Open and Slow Streets Program...