City Council

(16) 21-1224 TRANSPORTATION and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to progress of the Automated Bus Lane Enforcement Program (ABLE) for six Downtown Area Short Hop (DASH) routes. Recommendations for Council action: 1. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, Attachment A to the August 31, 2026 Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) report, attached to the Council File, designating specific street segments in the City of Los Angeles as transit- only traffic lanes. 2. ADOPT the attached updated LADOT Automated License Plate Recognition Use Policy. 3. DIRECT the LADOT to update the City Council in one year on program performance; including the number of citations issued and collected along with the corresponding payment compliance and revenue. 4. NOTE and FILE the April 7, 2026 LADOT report. Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOT reports that parking citation revenue is deposited into the General Fund. The estimated annual contractual services costs to implement the ABLE program should be recovered by ABLE citation revenues deposited to the General Fund. Additional contract and program-related costs will be requested in subsequent annual budget cycles should the program receive State authorization beyond January 1, 2027.