Fareless Transit Pass Enrollment

Key Takeaways Sources & Methods
  • After the program launched in the middle of the 2021-2022 school year, nearly a quarter of students in South LA Promise Zone schools enrolled in the Fareless Transit program.
  • In the second year of the program (2022-2023), just 6% of students in South LA Promise Zone schools renewed their enrollment compared to 14% of students countywide. 
  • High school students enroll in the program at higher rates than elementary and middle school students in the South LA Promise Zone. 

Source:  LA Metro Fareless System Initiative

Notes:

Fareless Transit data was forwarded for the entire county. Data was cut down to schools within the South LA Promise Zone boundaries, and totals were aggregated.

Schools that serve any grade between K-5 are designated as elementary schools. Schools that serve any grade between 6-8 are designated as middle/intermediate schools. Schools that serve any grade 9 and up are designated as high/adult schools. Schools that serve multiple age groups are included in every category for which they have students (e.g. a school that serves grades K-8 is included in both the “Elementary School” and “Intermediate/Middle School” tabs).

Each tab displays a line for the “South Los Angeles Promise Zone Schools.” This line is the aggregate registration for all of the schools in that tab’s grade level designation.

Fareless Transit Pass Usage

Key Takeaways Sources & Methods
  • Students attending schools in the South LA Promise Zone swipe their Fareless Transit Passes more frequently during the school year than the summer months.
  • After launching in the middle of the 2021-2022 school year, program usage increased during the 2022-23 school year. South LA Promise Zone students swiped their passes nearly 970,000 times during the 2022-23 school year. 
  • Boarding data for the 2023-24 school year is incomplete, but the numbers are on pace to surpass previous years. 

Source: LA Metro Fareless System Initiative

Notes:

Fareless Transit data was forwarded for the entire county. Data was cut down to schools within the South LA Promise Zone boundaries, and totals were aggregated.

Cyclist Safety

Key Takeaways Sources & Methods
  • Over the last decade, the rate of traffic collisions with cyclists has been consistently higher in the South LA Promise Zone than in the larger City of Los Angeles. 
  • From 2017 to 2021, the number of collisions with cyclists in the South LA Promise Zone has been steadily decreasing. However, this number slightly increased from 2021 to 2022.
  • The majority (59%) of collisions with cyclists in the South LA Promise Zone happen on streets without a bike lane. 


Traffic Collisions: California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS)

Resident Population: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates

Bike Lanes: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Pedestrian Safety

Key Takeaways Sources & Methods
  • Over the last decade, the rate of traffic collisions with pedestrians has been consistently higher in the South LA Promise Zone than in the larger City of Los Angeles. 
  • From 2016 to 2021, the number of collisions with pedestrians in the South LA Promise Zone has been steadily decreasing. However, this number slightly increased from 2021 to 2022.


Traffic Collisions: California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS)

Resident Population: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates

Tree Cover

Key Takeaways Sources & Methods
  • 12% of land in the South LA Promise Zone is covered by tree canopy compared to 25% of land across the City of Los Angeles.

Source: Los Angeles County Tree Canopy Map Viewer by Tree People and the Center of Urban Resilience (CURes) at Loyola Marymount University (LMU)

Notes:

Data gathered in 2016. 

Possible Tree Canopy includes areas that are theoretically available for the establishment of tree canopy. This category includes both pervious areas (lawns, gardens, parks, etc) and impervious areas (asphalt or concrete surfaces, excluding roads and buildings) where improvements could ostensibly be made to accommodate additional trees.

Learn more about this data from the original source:

The Journey to the Los Angeles County Tree Canopy Map Viewer