LADOT moves to data-driven speed-hump prioritization after budget cut; committee approves coordination with council offices

Councilwoman Heather Hutt, chair of the Los Angeles City Transportation Committee, on April 9 approved a Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) proposal to shift the city's residential speed-hump program from a petition-based application model to a purely data-driven prioritization system and directed LADOT to coordinate the prioritized list with local council offices before publication.

The change responds to a drop in program funding from $1,900,000 in prior cycles to $715,000 for fiscal year 2024–25, a cut LADOT staff said will reduce the number of speed-hump installations citywide from roughly 300 under the prior budget to about 120 under the current allocation.

The committee heard LADOT presentations laying out proposed prioritization criteria and the rationale for abandoning the petition process. "Speed humps are a proven strategy for enhancing road safety by reducing vehicle speeds and collision severity," Rachel Junkin, supervising transportation planner 1 at LADOT, told the…