Who gets Laguna's Vehicle Moving Violations?

Some people blame 4-7 million tourists for all the traffic congestion and lack of parking in Laguna Beach. Without a good answer backed by measurable data, city government cannot write meaningful circulation policy and planning commissions cannot plan effectively.

Vehicular traffic measurements would answer the question but how do we measure traffic? A comprehensive city-wide vehicle traffic study is unavailable and expensive to perform, but enforcement moving violations and parking citations are both comprehensive, city-wide and give a good estimation of who drives our streets and uses street parking. The next four Histograms show  

• Laguna residents contribute the greatest share of street users
• Laguna residents bear the greatest burden of vehicle fines
• Probability is 59 % the guy in your LB parking space is from OC
• Probability is 65 % the guy driving in front of you is from OC    

(Reproduced from CSTF 8 March 2011 presentation)

 

 

 

From 2007-2010 Laguna Beach PD enforced 17,042 moving violations. Can you find yours? (CSTF 8 March 2011)  Click the graphic to enlarge. EACH of those dots represents a moving violation.

 

 

The moving violation data show most registered owners are from OC. Let's zoom-in on the spike to see what's going on there (see below).

 

 

A close-up view of the 65% shows most registered owners come from OC but Laguna residents bear the burden of moving violations. That spike is 92651.

 

 

Myth:  Laguna tourists are cited for moving violations most frequently.
Busted!  Motorists from these cites are cited most frequently.

 

(CSTF 8 March 2011) Click graphic to enlarge.

 

 -LS