Equity Priority Areas

Equity Priority Areas (EPAs) are Los Angeles communities with greater transportation needs, identified using social, economic, and environmental data. Prioritizing these areas ensures investments address inequities and support underserved residents.

Transportation Equity Index

EPAs are the communities within Los Angeles that score highest on the City’s Transportation Equity Index, which was created to support the MAP effort. The Transportation Equity Index brings together data related to demographics, access to transportation options and job opportunities, and the cost of transportation relative to household income to better understand where the highest barriers to transportation access are throughout the City. 

The Transportation Equity Index was developed with the Los Angeles Community Health and Equity (CHE) Index as a key data input. The CHE aggregates data on topics including multi-modal mobility, pollution, food access, housing, health status, and demographics. The CHE was augmented with additional transportation-related data, aligned with Universal Basic Mobility concepts, to create the final Transportation Equity Index.