At the October 2024 UCLA Arrowhead Symposium, participants discussed how to create enduring public benefits from hosting major worldwide events in Los Angeles. The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Downtown Forum will gather attendees on May 19th to continue the conversation, understanding areas of progress and what else needs to be done in two legacy areas: enhancing LA’s transit system and universal access including fixing the city’s sidewalks. The Forum will conclude with a session on the late Donald Shoup legacy on practice and a social reception.

Agenda

Time	Session
9:00 AM	Registration
9:30 AM	Welcome and Setting the Stage An overview of the report from the 2024 Arrowhead Symposium and legacy planning progress.
9:45 AM	Transforming Transit: The Power of Small Wins Los Angeles Metro will soon open a $9.5 billion subway extension and is considering alternatives for a $10+ billion Sepulveda Corridor project . Despite the price tags of these megaprojects, Metro and local cities can make big changes with smart, small investments that can be accomplished quickly, improving transit service before the 2028 Games.
11:00 AM	Break
11:15 AM	Keynote TBD
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	Curbing Inaccessibility: Fixing LA’s Streets and Sidewalks Los Angeles will welcome the world's most elite Paralympians for the first time in 2028. But rather than rolling out the welcome mat, the City has struggled to implement a legal settlement to make sidewalks ADA accessible. The Denver Deserves Sidewalks campaign resulted in a successful citywide vote to transfer responsibility for sidewalk repair from adjacent property owners to the city, for an annual fee. What prerequisites for capital planning and institutional structures could enable a similar measure in Los Angeles? Candace Cable, Nine-time Paralympian and Consultant Jill Lacontore, Executive Director of Denver Streets Partnership Jessica Meaney, Executive Director of Investing in Place Natalie Sparrow, ADA Coordinator - Public Right-of-Way - City of Los Angeles
2:30 PM	Break
2:45 PM	Shoup and the City: Impact and Legacy Renowned UCLA Urban Planning Professor Donald Shoup changed how transportation professionals thought about parking, even if they didn’t read all 808 pages of his book, The High Cost of Free Parking. Shoup passed away in February 2025, but his ideas live on. Panelists discuss the impact of Donald Shoup on cities and his legacy for the transportation profession. Michael Manville, Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA
4:00 PM	Social Reception
6:00 PM	End

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