By many measures, the Los Angeles metropolitan area leads the nation in urban traffic congestion. It ranks number one for total annual hours of delay and total annual gallons of wasted fuel for all travelers.

RAND determined strategies that could help to manage peak-hour auto travel, raise transportation revenue, improve alternative transportation options, and use existing capacity more efficiently:

  1. Develop a network of high occupancy/toll (HOT) lanes
  2. Implement variable curb parking rates in commercial centers
  3. Enforce the state's existing parking cash-out law
  4. Promote ride-sharing, telecommuting, and flexible work hours
  5. Implement deep-discount transit passes
  6. Expand bus rapid transit (BRT) with bus-only lanes
  7. Develop a regionally connected bicycle network
  8. Improve signal timing and control where deficient
  9. Restrict curb parking on busy thoroughfares
  10. Create a network of paired one-way streets
  11. Evaluate a system to use arterial streets to reduce traffic accident congestion.
  12. Consider implementing tolls in major activity centers, like those that exist in London and Singapore, and
  13. Levy local fuel taxes to raise transit revenue.

Read the full article on Los Angeles traffic at RAND