In August, LADOT’s Universal Basic Mobility (UBM) pilot program won an Award of Merit in Transportation Planning from the American Planning Association California (APA) for the department’s efforts to bring clean and affordable mobility options to South Los Angeles.
APA California serves as a resource for and voice of professional planning in California, empowering planning professionals to best serve their communities. The 2025 Planning Awards Gala was held on June 26 at the Herald Examiner Building in DTLA.
The LADOT has a vision that in Los Angeles, all people have access to safe and affordable transportation choices that treat everyone with dignity and support an equitable, thriving City. With the UBM pilot program, LADOT seeks to eliminate the functional and/or structural immobility people experience due to systemic marginalization, cost burdens, and other forms of exclusion by adopting a Universal Basic Mobility approach to transportation. When people’s right to movement is restricted, their personal health and wellbeing, productivity and belonging, and happiness are negatively affected.
LADOT aims to progress towards UBM by prioritizing distinct programs and projects. The Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) offers an unprecedented opportunity to put this work into motion in South Los Angeles – delivering tangible and measurable results that will disrupt institutions and systems that breed inequity.
Well done, LADOT UBM team! We honor you for your vision and service.