Getting Acquainted with the
The
Pedestrian Safety Plan is a comprehensive, detailed document which has
involved much work by the Pedestrian Safety Board and input by neighborhood
people in
The
Plan is designed to be an ongoing system for pedestrian infrastructure improvement and
increased neighborhood safety. The Plan is designed to accommodate change
After
a detailed Table of Contents and an important list of Appendices, there is a two-page
Executive Summary of the Plan on pages 5 and 6.
This
is followed by information on the development of the Plan, information on
sidewalk and crosswalk standards, and then on page 27 information on how
The
goal of this Plan is not to try to pave every sidewalk in the City. The goal
is, first of all, to designate, pave and upgrade a “connecting network’ of
sidewalks and greenways to enable people to walk to destinations throughout
the city.
Secondly,
the goal of the Plan is enable citizens in neighborhoods who do not live on one
of those “connecting network sidewalks” to have a means for having the
sidewalk on their block paved.
And
thirdly, the goal of this plan is to create a responsible financial system
which will support the on-going costs of maintaining sidewalks and
greenways as well as two other investments which will make the city safer
for pedestrians: traffic calming and walkway lighting.
In
order to build the connecting network (see connecting network map on
next page, also on page 28), the Plan identifies approximately 150 projects
by neighborhood on pages 29-35. The projects are then evaluated and rated
according to criteria (page 36-37). The rating creates priorities 1) within
each neighborhood (“Hood”) and within the city as a whole (“City”). These
ratings are found on pages 38-42, and then the projects are mapped, again by
neighborhood, on pages 43- 55.
A
one-page projected cost estimate for the sidewalk and safety projects are found
in Appendices I on page 111. The financial plan for meeting the costs (annual
$1 per front foot for private residential property) is in Section 10 which is
found on pages 72 -75.
Other
vital sections of the Plan are plans for the “6 Es” including evaluation
of progress are in Section 7 (pages 58-68), improvement of school access
safety (Section 8, pages 69-70), ADA accessibility (page 71), and sidewalk
maintenance (page 76).
Thank
you
for evaluating and supporting with us an important means for making a safer
Pedestrian
Safety Board