Here are some of the latest Walkability Wins — because safe streets aren’t up for debate!
After years of lobbying on the part of city officials and WalkMedford, the reconstruction of a deadly rotary on Salem Street is underway. The project aims to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and will include design elements to lower vehicle speeds, replacing the existing sidewalk through the rotary with a shared use path, and installing pedestrian beacons and better signage.
Shout out to Ellery for this amazing win!
New Orleans’ Lafitte Greenway will be extended after city voters in November approved a $410 million bond proposition for infrastructure that will fund, among other projects, completion of the final half-mile segment of the multi-use path and linear park that currently stretches 2.6 miles between the city’s French Quarter and Mid-City neighborhoods. The extension will connect the greenway to a local community college, New Orleans City Park, and a transit center.
The City of Knoxville broke ground on a project to improve safety on a road where two schools are located. The project will address concerns about student safety by adding dedicated turn lanes, sidewalks, marked pedestrian crossings, and a new greenway to allow for protected walking and biking.
Earlier this year, the San Antonio City Council voted to adopt a new Bike Network Plan (BNP) to provide 1,740 miles of new and upgraded protected bicycle facilities that will connect missing network gaps. Representing a hard-fought shift in a car-dominated city and state, this win spurred the creation of San Antonio’s Multimodal Transportation Committee and has led to a collaboration with the Public Works Department on three BNP-related initiatives and 30 street projects to incorporate bike lanes.
The Hawai’i Department of Transportation has announced the launch of 113 projects on the state highway system to fill in gaps in pedestrian, transit, and bicycle access. The Priority Multimodal Network will provide affordable transportation options and improve connection between communities through sidewalks, transit facilities, protected bike lanes, and shared-use paths.
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