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  City of Los Angeles Pedestrian Advisory Committee

The Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC) includes a public member that represents each council district (resident, business owner, property owner, or any interested party); a member of the staff of each council district office; a representative of the city departments engaged in pedestrian-related activities including, but not limited to: the Departments of Transportation and City Planning, Bureaus of Engineering, Street Services and Street Lighting, Police Department, and the Community Redevelopment Agency: non-city agencies including: Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Caltrans, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Department of Public Works, AAA and Safe Moves.

   
Our Mission: Promote a safe pedestrian environment and to encourage walking as a mode of choice in the City of Los Angeles. The intent of pursuing this mission is to accomplish the following:

   
   
  • Promote the safe behavior of pedestrians and improve motorists’ attitude towards pedestrian safety
  • Identify and implement measures to improve the safety of pedestrians
  • Identify environments most vulnerable to traffic collisions involving pedestrians
  • Improve pedestrian facilities
  • Create an environment conductive to pedestrian activity

   


   
The PAC provides:
   
   
  • Advice on educating the general public, school officials and other organizations regarding pedestrian related issues
  • Community input and feedback on plans and programs which impact pedestrian safety and mobility within the LADOT jurisdiction
  • Identify opportunities for making safety improvements
  • Recommend solutions to problems
  • Provide advice where requested in pedestrian elements of transportation and land use plans

   

How to Join

Members of the general public are encouraged to join the PAC. If you would like to represent your Council Member, please contact them in writing of your interest in joining the Pedestrian Advisory Committee as their representative. If approved, the Council Member will appoint you by writing an official letter to the General Manger of the Department of Transportation with a copy to the Chair of the Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meetings

WHEN: Every other month on the third Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: 100 South Main Street, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (LADOT Office in the Caltrans Building in Downtown Los Angeles, on the southwest corner of 1st Street and Main Street.)

NOTIFICATION: To receive automated email notices for upcoming PAC agendas and cancellation notices, click here on this link to subscribe to the City's Early Notification System (ENS). On the City’s ENS website, simply (1) Fill out your name and email address on top of the webpage; (2) Scroll down to the item entitled “LADOT: Department of Transportation”; (3) Enter a checkmark in the box next to “Pedestrian Advisory Committee Agenda”; and (4) Click on the SUBSCRIBE menu button.

AGENDAS AND MINUTES: click on a link below.

    Meeting Minutes

Questions about the PAC and membership

Contact the Chair of the PAC
Deborah Murphy, Associate AIA
Founder, Los Angeles Walks
323.661.3173 voice
323.644.1417 fax
losangeleswalks@gmail.com
deborah.murphy@roadrunner.com

or

Contact the Department of Transportation
Susan Eisenbarth
213.928.9707 voice
susan.eisenbarth@lacity.org


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