COMMUNITY PEDESTRIAN PLAN
Step by Step Los Angeles County: Pedestrian Plans for Unincorporated Communities is a master plan for pedestrian safety in Los Angeles County and includes a Community Pedestrian Plan for West Whittier-Los Nietos.
View and download
the West Whittier- Los Nietos Community Pedestrian Plan here
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
In collaboration with the Department of Public Health (DPH), the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) led outreach efforts to gather community input for the development of the West Whittier-Los Nietos Pedestrian Plan. The community outreach strategy was developed based on the Plan goals, as well as an understanding of issues in the community.
Outreach was conducted in two phases. The first phase helped the project team understand
barriers and opportunities for walking in West Whittier-Los Nietos. The second phase of outreach gave community stakeholders an opportunity to respond to the draft Pedestrian Plan and provide additional input on needed pedestrian projects. These efforts took place from August 2016 to September 2018 and included the project team attending existing meetings held by community organizations, schools and neighborhood groups; tabling at community events; focus groups; stakeholder interviews; surveys; two community workshops, community data collection activities; and community walk audits.
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT MAP
For the complete list of proposed pedestrian projects, see the
West Whittier-Los Nietos Community Pedestrian Plan.
HEALTH BY THE NUMBERS!
Walking
just 30 minutes a day may the reduce risk of heart
disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and cancer.
Obesity is high in West Whittier-Los Nietos
adults and children and adults need more opportunities
for physical activity to help prevent this.
County streets are a public resource that can be
designed to enable more people to walk for
transportation and recreation.
A goal of the pedestrian plan is to support healthy
lifestyles by making it safer for people to walk.
Currently 7.1% of collisions in West
Whittier-Los Nietos involve people walking.
With your input this plan will identify improvements
that can reduce collisions involving people walking so
more residents are able to get out and enjoy walking in
West Whittier-Los Nietos.
HOW TO REPORT ISSUES TO THE COUNTY
Report problems such as graffiti, potholes,
illegal dumping, street light or signal issues, and more
to Department of Public Works at:
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/contact/
Go mobile! Report problems while walking in your
community. Download Los Angeles County The Works app to
your phone!
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/theworks/
HOW TO
CONTACT YOUR SUPERVISOR:
WEST WHITTIER-LOS NIETOS | SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 4 |
SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN
E-mail:
fourthdistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
Hall of Administration, room 822
500 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
phone: (213) 974-2222 |
Norwalk Office
12720 S. Norwalk Blvd., 7th floor
Norwalk, CA 90650
phone: (562) 807-7350 |
