“Urban Transit Amenities” are made up of a wide range of sidewalk installations that provide for the safety, support and comfort and improved mobility of transit riders, pedestrians and other users of the sidewalk. The most common and recognizable of these are the bus benches and transit shelters. StreetsLA is expanding and improving these transit amenities in the City, with the goal of supporting expanded use of public transit and helping to fulfill the promises of LA’s Green New Deal.
Learn more about the City’s two primary urban transit amenity programs, the Coordinated Street Furniture and Bus Bench programs managed by StreetsLA.
With the City’s existing Coordinated Street Furniture contract expiring at the end of 2022, the City is developing a successor program for sidewalk and transit amenities and envisions a world-class, self-sustaining program that provides shelter, shade, safety, and comfort with furniture that supports an increased use of transit and alternative transportation, local economic activity and the shared use of City sidewalks.
The Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (STAP) will replace and expand upon the existing Coordinated Street Furniture Program and is expected to follow the traditional business model used both nationally and internationally in which furniture capital and operational costs are furnished through advertising associated with such furniture. StreetsLA has initiated a competitive procurement process to identify a qualified and collaborative partner who shares the values of service excellence, sustainability, innovation and accountability. Follow our progress on this site.
News and Highlights
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On-Going: Share your vision for a world class program! Join an upcoming informational meeting, and explore your neighborhood with this interactive map! |
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August 2022: Sidewalk Transit Amenities Program (STAP) On August 24, the Budget and Finance Committee and the Public Works Committee approved the new revised STAP contract and IS/MND report during a joint committee session. |
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August 2022: Public Toilet Program Pardon our dust! StreetsLA kicked off its Public Toilet Replacement Operation on August 22, 2022. The first toilet replacement is located at 1st/Chicago in Boyle Heights. By early January 2023, all 14 toilets will be replaced. Temporary toilets will be readily available at each site during the transition. Please look forward to these new toilet installations! |
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August 2022: Sidewalk Transit Amenities Program (STAP) On August 17, the Board of Public Works reconsidered and approved the revised STAP contract previously approved on May 11, 2022 per the City Administrative Officer (CAO) recommendations. View the approved Board report and the CAO report. |
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May 2022: StreetsLA hosted two Public Information Sessions highlighting STAP’s negotiated contract on May 19 and 24, 2002, in advance of the transmittal of the documents to the City Council for consideration. The STAP contract will not be final until both the CEQA IS-MND analysis and contract itself are adopted and approved by the City Council. STAP’s IS-MND for CEQA compliance and negotiated contract will tentatively, be heard by City Council Committees in August 2022, and will be forwarded to the full City Council for its consideration, adoption, and approval in late August or early September 2022. |
| STAP RFP Documents are now available. |
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May 2022: We are one step closer toward the implementation of the new STAP! On May 11, 2022, the Board of Public Works considered and accepted the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS-MND) to further STAP's compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and approved forwarding both the IS-MND and STAP contract negotiated with Tranzito-Vector to the City Council and Mayor for their consideration and approval. See the slide deck from the hearing |
| CLICK here to view the STAP Contract, CEQA Analysis, and supporting documents. |
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October 2021: Program Update: STAP Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) have been posted on the Bureau of Engineering's Website. The documents will be circulated for a thirty (30) day public review period, beginning on October 14, 2021, and ending on November 12, 2021. |
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July 2021: We got to test out new bus shelter technology and see sample designs of what STAP could offer through STAP’s Demonstration of Technologies event that took place between July 19, and July 30, 2021. If you missed seeing it in-person, you can still check out the bus shelter demonstration event and give us feedback on what you‘d like to see in future bus shelters. |
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December 2020: Read what the LA Times editorial board has to say about updating the program. |
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November 2020: A Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (STAP) has been approved by the Board of Public Works on November 24, 2020. From the Board's meeting agenda, you can download attachments: "BSS1" is the Board Report; and "BSS 1 TR3" is the RFP. See the presentation given to the Board. Interested parties can find the RFP and submit proposals at LABAVN (search for ID #41186). We're excited to build this partnership! Watch the video! |
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July 2020: Presenters from all over the nation pitched their companies at the STAP Virtual Networking Event held in July 2020. More than 30 innovators and entrepreneurs made four-minute, Shark Tank-like pitches in a program designed to encourage the formation of teams to respond to the Request for Proposals (RFP). Watch the event. |
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April 2020: Working with our contract partners, we are doubling the frequency of cleaning at bus stops and have installed 300 touch-free hand sanitizers at the highest used bus stops across the City. See more: https://streetsla.lacity.org/transit-shelter-hand-sanitizers |
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February 2020: The City extended the Bus Bench Program contract with Insite Street Media, LLC (ISSM) for an additional 5 years, through October 2026. As a part of the extended Program term, ISSM will furnish the City with an additional 750 bus benches. |
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October 2019: Cool Amenities: As part of Mayor Garcetti’s Green New Deal, StreetsLA has begun to add cooling features, trees and more shade at bus stops. Starting in October 2019, Insite Street Media (ISSM) installed the first of 50 experimental shade umbrellas to provide much needed shade throughout the City. In the coming months, ISSM will be pursuing the design and construction of more shade structures with the goal of installing upwards of 300 permanent shade structures over the City’s bus benches this year. |