For 2023 Laguna Beach will have a City Budget of $125 Million, how is that money spent on our mobility system? Past budgets show money is spent on car parking and transit but insignificant amounts spent for cycling and pedestrian mobility.
The chart shows the net amount spent, city revenue minus expenses from our budgets in 2007 to 2021 for each transportation mode: driving, transit, cycling and walking.
Results from each mode show:
Driving: only automobiles show a net positive revenue mostly from parking meters and vehicle fines, but paying for eleven expensive parking structures to park visitors cars will eliminate that revenue (see JT analysis).
Transit: looses money for every year it operates, it must be subsidized from other funds to continue.
Cycling: No investments were made in bicycle infrastructure, no revenues were generated, no expenses recorded.
Walking: No investments were made for pedestrian infrastructure, no revenues generated, no expenses recorded.
Conclusions: With no investment in all four mobility modes, expect the trend in these charts to continue. Building 18-parking lots will increase visitor car traffic, net revenue will fall, traffic will increase, parking occupancy will increase.
Footnotes: There are indirect revenues and expenses not accounted for here, like parking enforcement for cycling. In 2012 The Village Entrance book cost was $12.8 Million shown here distributed across all four modes equally. For comparison purposes the amount from Net Business Improvements are compared with the four modes. Net Business Improvements are Retail Sales minus Tourist Marketing minus Community Support funds.
-LS
Pedestrian deaths and injuries by cars = to the sum of priceless, heartbreaking amounts!!
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