Session 1: 2pm-2:50pm

Room: tba

Presenter/s:
Jane Choi, Citywide Planning Division, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Nicholas Maricich, Community Planning Division, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Simon Pastucha, Urban Design Studio, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Short Summary:
The City of Los Angeles has over 6,500 miles of streets, and for too long the focus has been on moving vehicles, not people. Recent efforts have been undertaken by the City to change its existing car-centric street standards to include pedestrians, cyclists and other user groups. Hear about and discuss the latest efforts to develop a better toolkit for use by policymakers and citizens to improve the public realm for all users of our streets.

Presenter Bio:

Jane Choi is a planner working on mobility issues in the Citywide Planning Division of the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

Nick Maricich is a community planner with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, whose work includes both long range planning and development review in Downtown Los Angeles, as well as being the department liaison on transit projects such as the Westside Subway Extension, Downtown Regional Light Rail Connector, Broadway Streetcar, and California High Speed Rail project.

Simon Pastucha is in charge of the Urban Design Studio of the Los Angeles Department of City Planning and has over 20 years experience in the fields of planning, development and urban design.

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