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Los Alamos County adopts 2025 Pedestrian Master Plan to guide crosswalks, safety and connectivity
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Summary
After nearly a year of public engagement, the county adopted the 2025 Pedestrian Master Plan unanimously. The plan prioritizes safety, connectivity to schools and trails, ADA compliance, and tools to keep the plan current, including a dedicated webpage and periodic crash‑data reviews.
The County Council voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to adopt the Los Alamos 2025 Pedestrian Master Plan, a document developed with a $100,000 New Mexico DOT grant and consultant support that updates a plan not revised since 1998.
Public‑works staff and consultants from Wilson and Company told the council the plan focuses on five goals: safety (reduce pedestrian crash severity), connectivity (link neighborhoods to schools and destinations), equity (ADA compliance and access), health (encourage walking) and vibrancy (support economic activity). The plan incorporates community mapping exercises, a countermeasure selection guide, a renewed focus on safe routes to school and a commitment to make the plan a 'living' document by creating a dedicated web page and periodic crash‑data reviews.
Councilors discussed how the pedestrian plan ties to Complete Streets policy, bicycle planning and the comprehensive plan; staff said the document is intended as a framework that ties to and complements other transportation plans and that larger corridor projects will be programmed through the county’s capital and project prioritization processes.
Councilor comments emphasized moving beyond painted crosswalks to engineered safety solutions. The motion to adopt the plan was moved by Councilor Herman, seconded and approved by roll call 7‑0.
