In Los Angeles, All Data Is Sustainability Data

Route Fifty: OXON HILL, Md. — Officials at Los Angeles City Hall have come to see all municipal data as sustainability data since Mayor Eric Garcetti released L.A.’s first-ever Sustainable City pLAn in April 2015.

The subtle but fundamental shift in mindset comes as city employees prepare to evaluate whether or not they met the plan’s 2017 environmental goals: adding more green jobs and installing more electric vehicle infrastructure than any other U.S. city.

Housing, transportation, walkability and air and water quality data all play into L.A.’s expanded definition of sustainability.

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