A brand new roundup of Walkability Wins. This week we’re showcasing the motion by highlighting extra locations throughout the nation advancing pedestrian-friendly agendas.
San Francisco, California
When San Francisco’s Public Works proposed to chop down all 78 timber on twenty fourth Avenue between Mission Avenue and Potrero Avenue in 2019, the neighborhood banded collectively and shaped a volunteer group referred to as Mission Verde. Each week for 3 years, Mission Verde volunteers hand water newly planted timber alongside the twenty fourth Avenue hall. This has freed up 2/3 of the Metropolis’s devoted tree planting funding for this space and enabled the planting of 3x as many timber all through this Cultural District. In doing so, they’ve beautified these public rights of method, strengthened the neighborhood and introduced extra individuals to the Mission District sidewalks.
Due to Mission Verde for this win!
Medford, Massachusetts
Just lately the mayor and site visitors engineer of Medford stopped a longstanding observe of permitting residents to park their automobiles on the sidewalk adjoining to an area park and on the “stroll to high school” route for an area elementary college. The site visitors engineer designed a plan for alternating assigned road parking, which may even function a site visitors calming impact and shall be painted this spring. Within the meantime, indicators have been posted, residents notified, and the change has been made signaling a bigger cultural change in our metropolis from our prime administration in favor of pedestrian and youngster security over parking preferences.
Thanks to WalkMedford for this win!
Washington D.C.
A service lane on Connecticut Avenue that used to have 14 parking areas, was closed throughout COVID and have become a pedestrian-only area. Eating places instantly used it as an outside seating area, farmers markets and artwork pop-ups. The District Division of Transportation introduced in 2023 it will proceed the service lane closed to automobiles. They began building to make the curb ramps extra accessible, assembly ADA requirements. Now the transformation is full and this service lane has been became what’s now referred to as the Cleveland Park promenade.
Due to Yvonne for this win!
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga plans to make use of a federal grant to boost pedestrian security and reconnect communities! The initiative focuses on reuniting the Westside neighborhood by means of a $2 million planning grant aiming to deal with isolation induced by US-27 and Riverfront Parkway. These main roadways divide neighborhoods and the Westside Evolve’s plan recommends two essential road connections in addition to road enhancements.This initiative consists of feasibility research, road enhancements, and a long-term imaginative and prescient to combine the neighborhood with downtown areas.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Atlanta Metropolis Council handed laws to take away the minimal parking necessities within the BeltLine Overlay District, aiming to encourage various transportation and improve mobility, sustainability, and making a extra walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly metropolis. The transfer enhances present ordinances designed to scale back pedestrian accidents and fatalities, similar to ordinances that prohibit new drive-thrus, drive-ins, and repair stations. The transfer displays a dedication to decreasing pedestrian accidents and deaths, addressing the growing development in pedestrian fatalities in Georgia.
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