MOVE Culver City
TYLin worked with the Culver City MOVE team to create tactical, multimodal mobility lanes as part of a pilot project to ease congestion.
Culver City experiences some of the worst congestion in the Los Angeles region. Anticipating future growth and understanding that the municipality cannot build its way out of gridlock, TYLin and the MOVE Culver City team designed, built, and monitored 1.3 miles of tactical, multimodal mobility lanes connecting the E Line Station to Downtown and the Arts District.
This project offers a new model to transform key corridors quickly. Over the 70-day design phase, the team hosted 33 unique public engagement events where more than 325 public comments were received. The Community Project Advisory Committee (CPAC) was deeply involved in guiding the project; the CPAC was responsible for developing success criteria, recommending design options and guidelines, helping to plan the project launch, and representing the ideas of their respective community groups.
The final design introduced a protected mobility lane (shared by both buses and bikes) along the downtown corridor as well as a protected separated bike lane and dedicated bus lane on portions of the corridor where space allowed. Painted curb extensions, many featuring asphalt art depicting local flora and fauna, were added at intersections to improve the pedestrian experience. Vertical delineators separate vehicle traffic from bus and bike traffic and provide curb extension protection. Culver City introduced a Downtown Circulator service to bolster existing transit service; it runs along the MOVE Culver City Downtown Corridor every 15 minutes.
Once the mobility, bike, and bus lanes were open, the project team closely monitored traffic conditions in the corridor and incoming public feedback to identify any necessary adjustments. The Mid-Term Pilot Report, released in fall 2022, found that MOVE Culver City has increased bus ridership by 50%, cycling by 30%, and micromobility trips by 100%.
