Pedestrian

Pedestrian Information: Pedestrian planning addresses the mobility needs of pedestrians and identifies projects that will improve the ability of people to walk to nearby destinations. Projects that provide basic facilities, such as sidewalks, curb-cuts, crosswalks, and pedestrian crossing signals, are fundamental to creating an environment conducive to walking.

In the early 1990s, the Transportation Planning Division and the Metropolitan Planning Organization developed a Pedestrian Facilities Plan based on the idea of promoting walking for short-distance trips, and walking in combination with transit usage for most long-distance trips. The plan envisioned a countywide system of pedestrian facilities — sidewalks, curb-cuts, crosswalks, and so on — along which individuals could walk safely and conveniently. This pedestrian system is composed of a primary regional network of facilities extending throughout the county along state and county right-of-ways, and a set of local networks extending along municipal and neighborhood streets.

Currently, the possibility of linking the regional network to several local or secondary networks is being explored using a concept along the lines of pedestrian districts. Also, the present status of the sidewalks within the primary network is being updated.