Waste consolidation facilities within LA County obtained on October 10, 2018. Data includes number of facilities by city, countywide facilities (Clinic, Events for Collection, Hospital, Household Hazardous Waste, Kiosk, Other, Pharmacy, Police Station, Transfer Station), by waste type (Sharps, Pharmaceuticals or both), and the number of facilities by type by city.

Non-spatial illegal dumping data. Data obtained from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works - consists primarily of illegal dumping reports within unincorporated LA County.

Data of annual countywide waste destination is from CalRecycl'e Solid Waste Information System (SWIS) from 2010 to 2017. Data was sourced from SWIS Facility/Site Search database and used to distinguish between in-county and out-of-county disposal destinations. The data includes year, quarter, jurisdiction generating the waste, facility name and county it is located, as well as total disposed, transformed, alternative daily cover and total waste (in tons). Data is summerized by in-county (LA County total), outside county (total), and each county where waste from LA County is disposed (total).

Data includes total waste and per capita waste disposed by city in 2017. Artesia, Beverly Hills, Duarte, Hidden Hills, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rosemead, Sierra Madre, South Gate and Torrance were combined and reported as the Los Angeles Integrated Waste Management District.

As determined from www.walkscore.com.
Walk Score is a service that grades the “walkability” of select geographies. Their methodology is proprietary, and historical information is only available with a subscription. Data includes individual Walk Score for each available city and unincorporated community within LA County. Average walk score for each city and neighborhood was created – from most walkable to least (highest score to lowest score). The median Walk Score for all geographies and the the straight average (not weighted) Walk Score is included in the chart.

VMT data in LA County 2005-2017
• Total VMT: VMT data for LA County was from the California Public Road Data annual report, published by Caltrans using data from the Highway Performance Monitoring System from years 2005-2017.
• VMT per capita: one-year census data was used to calculate the average daily VMT per capita for LA County over the same period (2005-2017).

High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) are defined as being within 1/2-mile of fixed guideway transit and/ or bus rapid transit stations with service every 15 minutes or less during peak commute times. SCAG published two shapefiles of (HQTAs): one for actual HQTAs in 2012, and one for planned HQTAs in 2040.

Population living in high quality transit areas was calculated by race and ethnicity of all people living within HQTAs using ArcGIS in both 2012 and 2040 based on 2017 population figures.

High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) are defined as being within 1/2-mile of fixed guideway transit and/ or bus rapid transit stations with service every 15 minutes or less during peak commute times. SCAG published two shapefiles of (HQTAs): one for actual HQTAs in 2012, and one for planned HQTAs in 2040.

Population living in high quality transit areas was calculated by race and ethnicity of all people living within HQTAs in both 2012 and 2040 based on 2017 population values.

Data sourced from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) for all collisions in LA County from 2006-2015.
Data includes geocoded point data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) for all collisions in LA County from 2006-2015 (the latest year available). The data set was narrowed to collisions in which bicyclists or pedestrians were the victims and for fatalities and severe injuries for two reasons. This best addresses the goals of the County’s Vision Zero Plan. Also, TIMS data is less reliable for minor injuries and does not represent frequently unreported collisions.
The TIMS data was loaded into GIS and overlaid it on a map of LA County. Transparent points were used to convey what areas have had the highest number of collisions between 2006-2015.

Data sourced from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) for all collisions in LA County from 2006-2015.
Data includes geocoded point data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) for all collisions in LA County from 2006-2015 (the latest year available). The data set was narrowed to collisions in which bicyclists or pedestrians were the victims and for fatalities and severe injuries for two reasons. This best addresses the goals of the County’s Vision Zero Plan. Also, TIMS data is less reliable for minor injuries and does not represent frequently unreported collisions.
The TIMS data was loaded into GIS and overlaid it on a map of LA County. Transparent points were used to convey what areas have had the highest number of collisions between 2006-2015.