Raman’s LA Mayoral Win Lifts Transit Agenda as 13-Member Metro Board Faces Shake-Up
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Updated · LAist · Nov 9
Raman’s LA Mayoral Win Lifts Transit Agenda as 13-Member Metro Board Faces Shake-Up
1 articles · Updated · LAist · Nov 9
Summary
Transit and street-safety advocates hailed Nithya Raman’s Los Angeles mayoral victory, betting it will accelerate bike, pedestrian and public-transit projects that they said stalled under Karen Bass.
Raman campaigned on fast-tracking Measure HLA, creating a Vision Zero director and tackling potholes, broken sidewalks and streetlights in her first 100 days.
Her win also gives her a dedicated seat on Metro’s 13-member board and the power to appoint 3 members, a bloc that can sway countywide rail and bus decisions.
Supporters point to strong voter backing for mobility projects—more than 70% approved county transit taxes in 2008 and 2016, and two-thirds passed Measure HLA in 2024.
The test of that agenda may come quickly on disputed projects such as Forest Lawn Drive, where Raman favored a lane reduction plan that Bass replaced weeks before groundbreaking.