Transportation Directory - Los Angeles USA

Description: Los Angeles often referred to by its initials L.A. is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.

Population: 3,900,000

Demographics: According to the 2010 census, the racial makeup of Los Angeles included: 1,888,158 Whites (49.8%), 365,118 African Americans (9.6%), 28,215 Native Americans (0.7%), 426,959 Asians (11.3%), 5,577 Pacific Islanders (0.1%), 902,959 from other races (23.8%), and 175,635 (4.6%) from two or more races.

Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1,838,822 persons (48.5%). Los Angeles is home to people from more than 140 countries speaking 224 different identified languages. Ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, Little Armenia, Little Ethiopia, Tehrangeles, Little Tokyo, Little Bangladesh, and Thai Town provide examples of the polyglot character of Los Angeles.

History: The settlement of Indigenous Californians in the modern Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley was dominated by the Tongva (now also known as the Gabrieleno since the era of Spanish colonization). Maritime explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area of southern California for the Spanish Empire in 1542 while on an official military exploring expedition moving northward along the Pacific coast from earlier colonizing bases of New Spain in Central and South America.

New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, and the pueblo now existed within the new Mexican Republic. Los Angeles created the first municipal zoning ordinance in the United States.

On September 14, 1908, the Los Angeles City Council promulgated residential and industrial land use zones. In 1910, Hollywood merged into Los Angeles, with 10 movie companies already operating in the city at the time. By 1921, more than 80 percent of the world’s film industry was concentrated in L.A. The money generated by the industry kept the city insulated from much of the economic loss suffered by the rest of the country during the Great Depression.

By 1930, the population surpassed one million. In early 1984, the city surpassed Chicago in population, thus becoming the second largest city in the United States. In 2022, Karen Bass became the city’s first female mayor, making Los Angeles the largest U.S. city to have ever had a woman as mayor.

Elevation: 93 m

Climate: Two-season Mediterranean climate with dry summers and very mild winters The average annual temperature in Los Angeles is 18 C (64 F), the average for July is 22 C (72 F), the average for January is 13 C (55 F).

Attractions: Universal Studios Hollywood, Griffith Observatory, Petersen Automotive Museum, Staples Center, Hollywood Sign, Venice Beach, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Airports: Los Angeles International Airport LAX, John Wayne Airport SNA, Long Beach Airport LGB, Santa Monica Airport SMO

Distance To City Centre: 48 km

Commute Length: 30 min

Average Transportation Cost: 75 USD

Traffic Hours: 7 am – 10 am, 4 pm – 7 pm