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Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting, October 21, 2026

October 21, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 15, 2026

On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Council's Transportation Committee has nine items on its agenda for Oct. 21, 2026, including a motion asking LADOT to report on turning the NoHo DASH line into a direct bus between North Hollywood Station and Hollywood Burbank Airport, a motion asking for a report on a rapid response program after fatal traffic crashes and three resolutions banning oversize vehicle parking on 23 street segments (our count) in Council Districts 2 and 15. Also listed: a $1.89 million state grant for two electric DASH buses and two items on concrete barriers for protected bike lanes.

Agenda only. As of October 15, 2026, minutes for the October 21, 2026 meeting of the Transportation Committee of the Los Angeles City Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda, posted Oct. 14, 2026, sets the meeting for 8:30 a.m. in Room 401, City Hall. The Clerk’s meeting notice gives 9 a.m., so the two records conflict on the start time. Public comment is in person only.

Committee members since Aug. 31, 2026, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Heather Hutt (chair), Eunisses Hernandez (vice chair), Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Adrin Nazarian. The agenda lists the same five members.

1. State grant for two electric DASH buses

• What it does: Asks the Council to adopt a resolution Caltrans requires and to let LADOT apply for and accept 2025-26 Low Carbon Transit Operations Program funds: up to $1,151,725 from Cycle A and up to $737,903 from Cycle B. The money would go toward buying two battery-electric buses to replace two of the 83 compressed natural gas buses left in the DASH fleet (LADOT report).
• Money: $1,889,628 in all, deposited in a new account in Fund 385. LADOT says there is no General Fund impact because the grant needs no local match (LADOT report).
• Who it affects: DASH riders in the Downtown, Central and Mid-Cities service areas. LADOT says 54 percent of the DASH fleet is now battery-electric, after 130 electric buses were bought in the last two years, and that replacing all 83 remaining buses would raise the share to 69 percent (LADOT report).
• What’s next: The file is also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee (agenda).

2. LADOT installing concrete bike lane barriers itself

• What it does: Asks LADOT to report on the resources it would need to install Toronto-style barriers, bolted-down modular concrete blocks between bike lanes and traffic, without relying on the Bureau of Street Services for the heavy equipment (motion).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Eunisses Hernandez (CF 26-1424).
• Who it affects: Bike lane users. The motion says the City has 90.7 lane miles of protected bike lanes, mostly separated by plastic K71 bollards that last about seven months on average. It names pilot barrier projects on Third Street downtown and Imperial Highway near Dockweiler Beach, with more planned on Ohio Avenue, Chandler Boulevard and Spring and Alameda streets (motion).

3. Cost of replacing plastic bike lane posts

• What it does: A budget instruction the Council adopted June 24, 2026 asks LADOT to report to this committee on the cost of converting Class 4 protected bikeways from plastic bollards to concrete or other rigid barriers (budget recommendation). The council file listed no LADOT report as of Oct. 15, 2026 (CF 26-0600-S105).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Westwood, filed Sept. 21, 2026. It asks that the report include the 20-year cost per linear foot of each barrier type, counting replacement and crew labor.

4. Rapid response after fatal traffic crashes

• What it does: Asks LADOT, with the Police Department, to report on what it would take to set up a Programmatic Fatal Crash Rapid Response Program, including a dedicated funding source or budget allocation. After a serious or fatal crash, the program would bring a quick engineering and field review of the location and near- and long-term safety fixes. The motion names Seattle’s May 2026 Programmatic Fatal Crash Response Policy and Atlanta’s Fatal Crash Review Commission as models (motion).
• Who brought it: Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Heather Hutt, seconded by John S. Lee (CF 26-1426).
• Money: No amount is set (motion).

5. NoHo DASH to Hollywood Burbank Airport

• What it does: Asks LADOT to report within 90 days on turning the NoHo DASH neighborhood circulator into NoHo2BUR Connect, a direct route between North Hollywood Station and Hollywood Burbank Airport using the line’s existing buses and service hours. The report would cover route options, travel times, weekend service, operating costs and Local Return eligibility for service outside City limits. The motion also asks LADOT and the City Attorney to start talks with the City of Burbank and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on the agreements needed to run the bus in Burbank and at the terminal (motion).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Imelda Padilla (CF 26-1428).
• Who it affects: Riders on the NoHo DASH, in Council District 2, and Metro B and G Line riders headed to the airport. The motion says the station is about three miles from the airport with no direct seven-day transit link, that the airport authority planned to open a $1.3 billion, 14-gate terminal on Oct. 13, 2026, and that the DASH fare is 50 cents (motion).
• Money: The motion proposes no new operating resources and asks LADOT to compare costs with the current NoHo DASH budget (motion).

6. All-hours oversize vehicle parking ban in CD 15

• What it does: Bans parking of vehicles over 22 feet long or 84 inches high at all hours, on both sides of Belle Porte Avenue between 260th Street and Pacific Coast Highway, Normandie Avenue between Vermont Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, Vermont Avenue between Normandie Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, Frampton Avenue between Lomita Boulevard and President Avenue, and 240th Street between Western Avenue and President Avenue. LADOT would post the signs (resolution).
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Bob Blumenfield (CF 26-0008-S16).
• Who it affects: People who park or live in oversize vehicles on those streets in Council District 15. The resolution says the vehicles block visibility and narrow travel lanes (resolution). The agenda lists one public communication on the file, dated Oct. 10, 2026 (agenda).

7. Overnight oversize vehicle parking ban in CD 2

• What it does: Bans parking of vehicles over 22 feet long or 84 inches high from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. under Municipal Code Section 80.69.4, on both sides of street segments including Strathern Street, Hortense Avenue, Ethel Avenue, Kittridge Avenue, Archwood Street, Vose Street, Sherman Way between Vineland and Clybourn avenues, and Valerio Street. The resolution lists 10 segments; two of them, on Hortense and Ethel avenues, appear twice, for eight different segments (our count). LADOT would post “tow away, no parking” signs (resolution).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-0008-S17).
• Who it affects: People who park or live in oversize vehicles in Council District 2. The resolution cites “substantial public safety concerns” from oversize vehicles parked overnight in the East San Fernando Valley (resolution).

8. Second overnight oversize vehicle parking ban in CD 2

• What it does: The same 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. ban on 10 more segments: Vantage Avenue between Roscoe Boulevard and Stagg Street, Vineland Avenue between Bluffside Drive and Acama Street and between Chandler and Burbank boulevards, Ethel Avenue between Raymer Street and Sherman Way, Gilmore Street, Rhodes Avenue, Camellia Avenue, Craner Avenue, Cleon Avenue and Califa Street (resolution).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0008-S18).
• Who it affects: People who park or live in oversize vehicles in Council District 2 (resolution).

9. Traffic signal guidelines for pedestrian safety

• What it does: LADOT’s Aug. 17, 2026 report recommends that the Council direct it to update its guidelines for signal operations, leading pedestrian intervals, scramble crosswalks and No Turn on Red, and report back once they are done. LADOT says it will write rules for choosing actuated or pre-timed signals, review the 1,360 intersections that got automatic walk signals during COVID-19, add a formula for how long leading pedestrian intervals last, base scramble crossings mainly on pedestrian volume, and set numeric thresholds for No Turn on Red (LADOT report).
• Who brought it: The file began as an Oct. 27, 2023 motion by Bob Blumenfield, Eunisses Hernandez and Nithya Raman, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez. The Council adopted it Jan. 9, 2024, 13-0 (CF 23-1210).
• Who it affects: Pedestrians and drivers at the 4,923 traffic signals LADOT runs. More than 2,000 intersections now have leading pedestrian intervals, according to the report (LADOT report).
• Money: LADOT reports no General Fund impact because the report is informational. It says it has no dedicated funding to review the COVID-era walk-signal intersections and will fold that work into funded projects (LADOT report).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda lists North Westwood for and Studio City against unless amended. Both statements were filed in 2024, before the LADOT report (agenda; CF 23-1210).

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