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Walkable neighborhoods

Submitted by ianderso  |  Last edited September 1, 2008 - 9:13pm
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Access by proximity

The best solution to transportation problems is to reduce the need for transportation in the first place. You do this by designing neighborhoods where people live close jobs, shopping, and other daily destinations — neighborhoods that are designed with streets and public spaces that encourage walking, biking, and transit use.

This section will cover the projects that are developing or redeveloping compact, walkable neighborhoods in Northeast Ohio.

Resources
Complete streets
Traffic-calming techniques
NOACA's Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative 
StreetFilms 

Local examples
Planning for University Circle Arts & Retail District
Waterloo in North Collinwood reviews proposal for walkable district


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May 20, 2008 - 10:09am

Cleveland Safe Routes to School program

GCBL staff Says:

I must have missed this when it was first announced, but it was mentioned again at Cleveland Bicycle Week:

Cleveland Department of Public Health received $289,000 from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Cleveland Safe Routes to School program. One of 15 similar infrastructure projects funded in the state, it will support physical improvements to students’ walking and biking environment, including installing countdown pedestrian crossing signals and constructing American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps within a two-mile radius of each of the identified schools. The remaining $39,000 will support bicycle safety education programs for students at these schools, as well more aggressive traffic safety enforcement.

The program will focus on students traveling to and from three target Cleveland schools: Stockyards Community School, Louisa May Alcott Elementary and Willow Elementary. More than 130 pedestrian and bicycle crashes involving children were reported near these three schools between 2001-2005, according to the Ohio Department of Public Safety.


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