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A speaker series bringing together the makers and doers that are harnessing technology and data to drive meaningful change. It is a joint, collaborative effort between the County and City of Los Angeles, and the local L.A. civic technology community.

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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Thank you so much for joining this month’s Data+Donuts! Make sure to pencil in Thursday, October 22nd for our next presentation with Metrolink on their new Open Loop Payments! #DataAndDonuts #GovTech #Networking #LosAngeles #Transit
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Madeline says 41,000 people applied for the MobilityWallet Pilot Program, of which they had 2,000 spots available. The random selection helped control groups for robust research designs, instead of a first-come first-serve model.
What data and program lessons did we learn?

• Using a variety of data sources helps to understand different program outcomes and follow up on unexpected findings when you can

• Qualitative research helps provide nuance and can help connects outcomes to each other

• Having a program application and random selection helps you create control groups for robust research designs
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Most importantly, research shows that the benefits did NOT continue after the Pilot Program ended. Participants expressed gratitude for a temporary solution, but remorse over it not becoming a staple for their lives. #DataAndDonuts #GovTech #MobilityWallet
Short-term program yields short-term benefits

The mobility wallet helped people pay for transportation, allowed people to use more modes, described making more trips, and gained short-term life improvements
But, the benefits largely did not last after the pilot period ended.

“I was able to see my friends more often. I had family members who live in Santa Monica....Because now, unless they don't come get me, I'm not going.”

“I would say I don't go to visit my mom as frequently now. That would probably be the main one, like going to visit family. I just don't do it as often. It's more of when I can or if they can come by and pick me up. It's kind of that situation now.”
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Most importantly, Madeline shows that the program’s participants reported an increase in quality of life due to less pressure on personal finances. #Mobility #TransitEquity #DataAndDonuts
Quality of life
• Decreased financial pressure
• Facilitated social connectedness
• Decreased stress
• Increased feelings of independence and freedom
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Madeline speaks of the program, its history, and gives an overview of the two phases and which communities they focused on. #DataAndDonuts
LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program
• 1 year program period

Phase 1
• Launched May 2023
• 1,000 recipients in South Los
Angeles
• Received $150/month on a prepaid physical card

Phase 2
• Launched July 2025
• 2,000 recipients (1,000 in South Los Angeles + 1,000 from anywhere in LA
County)
• Received $1,800 as a lump sum on a prepaid physical or virtual card
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Our presentation begins with Madeline Brozen, of the UCLA Lewis Center, speaking on the Mobility Wallet Pilot Program.
Our speaker, Madeline Brozen, at the lectern.
Our speaker, Madeline Brozen, at the lectern, with an opening slide on the presentation screen stating that today’s talk will be on the “LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program Evaluation.”
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Join our live stream to watch this month’s Data + Donuts LIVE! #DataAndDonuts #GovTech #Networking www.youtube.com/live/szW52pU...
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LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Outcomes with Madeline Brozen
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Glad to see so many familiar faces, and welcome to our new visitors. 🍩 We’re just 10 minutes away from the start of this month’s presentation. #DataAndDonuts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Our networking hour begins! Grab a friend, or someone you don’t know, and discuss mobility needs in LA County. #dataanddonuts
A straight on photo of the presentation screening with a slide prompting our audience to chat with someone they don’t know!

Welcome! Please grab a donut, introduce yourself to a person you don't yet know + discuss:

1. What do you know about Mobility in LA
County?
2. In what ways do you think data could be used to improve mobility access around the city?
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 24/09/2026
Data and Donuts is tomorrow morning! Hoping we see you there! If you can’t make it, stillregister at bit.ly/4hd9t3A, and we’ll send you the live stream link!
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 17/09/2026
📈🍩☀️ Data + Donuts returns with Madeline Brozen & the LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program! She will share her qualitative and quantitative approaches, travel surveys versus travel apps, and how people can think about program outcomes in evaluation efforts. 📆: 9/24 ⏰: 8-10a 📍: LACI 🎟️: bit.ly/4hd9t3A
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 23/07/2026
Join us to learn more about LA County’s Tree Hub! #DataAndDonuts
Dan, our speaker, at the lectern, with the screen behind him stating “The Map Beneath the Canopy, Discovering Trees through the ArcGIS Tree Hub”
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 23/07/2026
If you can’t make it in person to network at today’s event, the presentation is also being live streamed at the link below! #DataAndDonuts #GovTech #Networking www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqas...
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LA County Planning’s Tree Hub with Dan Hoffman
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 14/07/2026
July’s Data+Donuts is right around the corner! On Thursday, July 23rd we'll be hosting LA County Planning's Dan Hoffman for a discussion on the Tree Hub, a centralized ArcGIS Hib source of tree information into a growing collaborative platform for urban forestry. 🚀 🍩 🌳 tinyurl.com/DataAndDonut...
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Data + Donuts with Dan Hoffman of LA County Planning
Join Data + Donuts for a discussion on LA County Planning's Tree Hub!
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 28/05/2026
If you can’t make it in person for today’s Data+Donuts, make sure to check out our live stream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vbC...
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Product Management at the Federal government with Patrick Kigongo
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/05/2026
🍩Data+Donuts📊 📆 Thursday, 5/28 🕗 8-10am 📍 LACI 🗣️ Patrick Kigongo - Product Manager, US Department of Education 📝 Product Management at the Federal government between 2020 and 2025: what worked, what didn’t, what was beyond our control. datadonuts.la/event/data-d...
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Product management at the Federal government
Product Management at the Federal government
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/05/2026
🍩Data+Donuts📊 📆 Thursday, 5/28 🕗 8-10am 📍 LACI 🗣️ Patrick Kigongo - Product Manager, US Department of Education 📝 Product Management at the Federal government between 2020 and 2025: what worked, what didn’t, what was beyond our control. datadonuts.la/event/data-d...
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Product management at the Federal government
Product Management at the Federal government
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Tiffany @webinista.com · 22/05/2026
Had a nice time at tonight’s @datadonuts.la happy hour. Thanks for hosting it.
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Also — check out the incredible @datadonuts.la presentation on LADOT's Universal Basic Mobility program by Jillian Gallard and Nataly Rios Gutierrez
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Using Universal Basic Mobility Principles by LADOT
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 23/04/2026
We loved having you - and thanks for allowing us to partner on such an important anniversary. 🔥🔥
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thank you California Donuts for making my Torched birthday wishes come true. And huge thanks to the fine folks at Data + Donuts and Compiler for the best way to start a Wednesday
Me in a bright polkadot colored top, smiling big and holding two donuts one donut is green and has the writing Torched in pink icing and the other donut is in the shape of a number 2. It’s pink and has sprinkles.Another shot of the donuts which are pink and green two boxes and they are really quite something!An overhead shot of the donuts as well as some Torched stickers with the pink and green logo of a burning palm tree and my hand holding a cup of coffee.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
Thank you for joining us today at #DataAndDonuts, to @ladotofficial.bsky.social and for @awalkerinla.bsky.social!
Next Steps
Fall 2024 - Summer 2026

Mobility Action Plan
Timeline

Fall 2024
Launch Project

Spring 2025
LaunchTechnical and Community Advisory
Boards, and Develop Engagement Plan

Winter 2025
Gather Data and Recruit Technical and Community Advisory Board Members

Spring 2026
Summarize Community Feedback and Develop the Draft Mobility Action Plan

Summer 2025
Finalize Engagement Plan and Project Inventory

Fall 2025/Winter 2026
Conduct Community Engagement and Prioritization

Summer 2026
Complete Final Mobility Action Plan

Get Involved!
mobilityactionplanla.orgA pink and green donut in the shape of a 2 and with the Torched Logo surrounded by stickers advertising the event and newsletter.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
We are LIVE! 🔥🍩 Come join us as we celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Torched with @awalkerinla.bsky.social and discover LADOT’s work with Universal Basic Mobility! Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4c-...
Alissa Walker, our host and the editor of Torched newsletter, takes a bite out of a green donut, themed with the logo to her Torched newsletter, also holding up a pink donut in the shape of a 2.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
Jillian Gallard & Nataly Rios Gutierrez of @ladotofficial.bsky.social speak to a full crowd about LADOT’s Universal Mobility & programs to encourage Transit Equity across the City. #DataAndDonuts #GovTech #LosAngeles #Torched #Networking @awalkerinla.bsky.social
Representatives from LADOT stand at the lectern presenting the South LA UBM pilot. 30% one vehicle households, 29% below poverty level, and 91% persons of color.A slide describing the Mobility Wallet program, a transit incentive preloaded for students and enrolled persons to ride at their whim.A wide shot of the crowd, standing room only, with LADOT at the lectern.Representatives from LADOT stand at the lectern presenting a slide titled “What is Universal Basic Mobility?” 

What is Universal Basic Mobility?
• Introduced in 2018 as a mobility safety net
• Builds on Universal Basic Income (UBI) & Mobility
• In Los Angeles framed as ensuring safe, reliable, a affordable transportation for all
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
Thanks for logging on to watch! You’re welcome anyway you’d like to join. 🍩🔥 Transit equity should extend to online accessibility as well! 😜
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
We are LIVE! 🔥🍩 Come join us as we celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Torched with @awalkerinla.bsky.social and discover LADOT’s work with Universal Basic Mobility! Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4c-...
Alissa Walker, our host and the editor of Torched newsletter, takes a bite out of a green donut, themed with the logo to her Torched newsletter, also holding up a pink donut in the shape of a 2.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
Good morning from Data + Donuts / Torched 2nd Anniversary. 🍩🔥 Our multi-modal donut delivery has arrived! Come say hi and network with like-minded civic tech folk. #DataAndDonuts #LosAngeles #Networking #CivicTech @awalkerinla.bsky.social
Pink and green donuts themed to celebrate the second anniversary of the Torched newsletter on a table with Data and Donuts stickersPink and green donuts themed to celebrate the second anniversary of the Torched newsletter on a table with Data and Donuts stickersA bicyclist unhooks four boxes of donuts balancing on the back of his bike.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/04/2026
Join us tomorrow, bright and early!! Hope to see you all there. 🍩📈🔥 Data + Donuts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 08/04/2026
Data + Donuts is back April 22nd! 🍩 Celebrating @awalkerinla.bsky.social’s 2nd Anniversary of torched.la! 🔥 8am - networking (and donuts) 9am - Presentation with Jillian Gallard & Nataly Rios of LA DOT on Universal Basic Mobility Equity. 🙌 For more info, and to RSVP, check out datadonuts.la 🏙️😍🌆
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Using Universal Basic Mobility Principles
Using Universal Basic Mobility Principles to Evolve How We Define, Measure, and Deliver Transportation Equity in Los Angeles
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 25/03/2026
Today’s Data + Donuts is all about Hydrogen Fueling Station Design and Data Collection!! Tune in now for our live stream: www.youtube.com/live/vX-EtoE...
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Dr. David Blekhman of CalState LA on Hydrogen Fueling Stations and Data Collection
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 03/02/2026
Data + Donuts is tomorrow morning!! Join us downtown at 8am for donuts and coffee and 9am to hear about Metrolink’s GTFS service alerts! If you can’t make it, check out the live link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlFq...
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Metrolink's Evolution of GTFS-ServiceAlerts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 27/01/2026
#DataAndDonuts is back already NEXT WEEK! Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd with Sabrina Davis of @metrolinksocal.bsky.social and Cody Kraatz of SimplifyTansit. 🍩☕️📈 ⏱️8a-10a 📍LACI Campus in DTLA 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/data-donut...
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Data + Donuts with Sabrina Davis and Cody Kraatz
Join Data + Donuts and Metrolink for a discussion on The Evolution of GTFS-ServiceAlerts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
Librarians make the best speakers! #DataAndDonuts Thanks to our friends at LAPL for sharing their approach to data. @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
@lapubliclibrary.bsky.social shares a dashboard with categorical breakdowns for each of their branches, highlighting attendance at their programs. Our speaker metions that the higher number of summer programs equates to a higher performance of attendees. #LAPL #PublicLibrary #Data #GovData
Our speaker from LAPL stands at the lectern, showing their data dashboard with all the performance information from their in person attendance.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
@lapubliclibrary.bsky.social is celebrating 100 years of the DTLA Central Library this year! Come on down for a yearlong celebration, starting with the unveiling of a time capsule! #Library #DTLA #Government #GovData #DataAndDonuts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
@vykster.bsky.social getting us started with a little background on #DataAndDonuts and #Compiler! #GovData #Networking #DTLA
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
We’re so happy to have you! Stock up on some extra coffee - ON US! 😜☕️📊
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 22/01/2026
We are moments away from today’s presentation! Come check out our live stream if you’re unable to come in person. Data + Donuts livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9q... #Networking #Data #GovData
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 21/01/2026
TOMORROW 8a-10a LACI Senior Librarian Edwin Rodarte and Data Analyst Andy Vuong join us to discuss the Los Angeles Public Library's approach to data. 📚📊📀 datadonuts.la #Data #LosAngeles #GovTech #Networking #DataAndDonuts
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Data at LAPL
Data at Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 08/01/2026
RSVP here! tinyurl.com/mjx5phrs #DataAndDonuts #Networking #LosAngeles #GovTech #Data #PublicLibrary
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 08/01/2026
Happy New Year from the Compiler team at Data+Donuts! We’re back! On 1/22/26, Edwin Rodarte & Andy Vuong of Los Angeles Public Library will join us to share LAPL’s data approach. 📚 ⏰ 8AM: Networking ☕️ & 🍩 9AM: Presentation Begins 10AM: End of Event 📍 LACI 525 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 03/12/2025
Data+Donuts Holiday Happy Hour is in full swing at Boomtown Brewery. Come on down, we have donuts and tamales. #GovTech #Networking #DataAndDonuts
Attendees standing around a table at the brewery with donuts and tamalesA wide shot of the crowd at the brewery enjoying happy hour and joyfully networking around a table filled with donuts and tamales.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 02/12/2025
Tonight is the night to kick off the holiday celebrations! Join us at 6pm @ Boomtown Brewery for a #DataAndDonuts Happy Hour! Drink tickets and snacks will be provided! 🍻🍩 🫔🫔🫔🫔🫔🫔 #GovTech #Networking #Holiday #HappyHour #LosAngeles
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 25/11/2025
The holidays are near! And that means… HOLIDAY PARTIES! 🎁 Join your favorite Compiler folks at Boomtown Brewery for our Data + Donuts Holiday Happy Hour! We'll have free drink tickets, snacks, and plenty of NETWORKING! 😍 📍700 Jackson Street ⏰Tues, 12/2 from 6pm to 9pm PST 🎟️ bit.ly/4ok43We
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Data + Donuts Holiday Happy Hour
Join Data + Donuts for a holiday happy hour at Boomtown Brewery on December 2nd!
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
Thank you so much for tuning in to our presentation with Zackary Campos of @ladotr.bsky.social about their #CodeTheCurb initiative. Very exciting things are coming out of this data study and we can’t wait to enjoy them with you. 🚴‍♂️ #LosAngeles #Transit #Equity #Mobility #DataAndDonuts #LADOT
The Future Vision

The curb isn't just for parking. It's a flexible, dynamic space that can adapt to our city's needs in real-time-a
truly smart and responsive city.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
The data behind curb use is diverse and multifunctional. All of these items and uses add up to a necessary study of who uses the Curb, how long they use the curb, and how LADOT can use this data in the future. #CodeTheCurb #LADOT #Transit #MicroMobility #LosAngeles
A matrix of uses and APIs of the curb all relating to each other. Events and status could correlate to areas and Zones, as well as objects and spaces.
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
The Curbs API looks at geometric positioning of the curb, separated by use and location on the curb. #DataAndDonuts #CodeTheCurb #GovTech #API
Zackary with the slide:
Curbs API

Names for polygon geometry places used within the CDS Curbs API.

Area - Optional. Area of interest around a curb Zone used to share vehicle proximity, approach, conflicts, circling, exit, double parking, other activity.

Zone - Required. Curb zone defining the area that can be used by vehicles. Includes properties and cierences to outside regulations or ERS

Space - Optional. A defined vehicle parking space
within a curb Zone flexible zones may not have
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
Zackary Campos of @ladotofficial.bsky.social begins with some background of #CodetheCurb, LADoT’s initiative made possible through a SMART grant with USDoT. The goal of the grant is to use data to improve transportation regionally. Code the Curb’s pilot phase focuses on DTLA. #LADOT #Transit
Our speaker, Zackary Campos, at the lectern with the first slide behind him stating:

SMART
Code the Curb

Managing the Future of LA's Curbs
Transportation Planning & Policy

November 12,2025
CODE-THE-CURB
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
@vykster.bsky.social is getting the event started by announcing next month’s Data + Donuts Happy Hour! Keep your eyes on your email for more information coming soon! #DataAndDonuts
Vyki stands at the lectern with a slide behind her showing local events.

Local Transportation... EVENTS!!!
Our Next Event!

→ 12/2 Data + Donuts Holiday Happy Hour! Join us af
Boomtown Brewery on 12/2 from 6-9 pm for limited free drinks and snacks!

11/18 Eliminating Minimum Parking Requirements: Stories from Cities Across the Country @ UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

#datadonuts
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Data + Donuts @datadonuts.la · 12/11/2025
We are 30 mins out from the next Data + Donuts presentation! If you’re not here in person, tune into our live stream. #CodeTheCurb #GovTech #Networking www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV9-...
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LADOT's Code the Curb Efforts
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