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Neighborhood Greenways in the University District

Neighborhood Greenways in the University District. Anne Gantt, Kyle Rowe & Eli Goldberg University Greenways. Agenda. What are Neighborhood Greenways? U-District: why here? Next Steps/Discussion. What’s a Neighborhood Greenway?.

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Neighborhood Greenways in the University District

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  1. NeighborhoodGreenwaysin the University District Anne Gantt, Kyle Rowe & Eli Goldberg University Greenways

  2. Agenda • What are Neighborhood Greenways? • U-District: why here? • Next Steps/Discussion

  3. What’s a Neighborhood Greenway? It’s a street withlow traffic volume and low traffic speed where people walking, bicycling and who live on the street receive priority.

  4. Whatis a Neighborhood Greenway?

  5. Rapid growth in interest

  6. Beacon Hill Greenways Phase 1 greenways being built now.

  7. Wallingford Greenways • Phase 1 greenways completed • Phase 2 greenways in planning

  8. Laurelhurst Fully funded, plan complete, shovel ready.

  9. the u-district?

  10. Key U-District walking + bicycling stats • Only 37% of working adults in U-District core own a car (Year 2000 US Census) • 4500 UW commuters go by bike each day (UW) • Thousands of new housing units planned for (or under construction) in the U-District core • 12,500 new walking trips a day expected from light rail construction (Sound Transit)

  11. We need safer walking & biking

  12. Community enthusiasm for Greenways! • U-District Chamber of Commerce Director • UW Transportation Services • Low Income Housing Institute • University Park Community Club

  13. What are we doing? Building community support for safer walking & bicycling: • Community route planning workshop • Neighborhood walking audits • Possible joint charettewith DPD • Bike Master Plan Update Spreading the word: • Street Fair booth

  14. Our asks of you • Spread the Greenways word. • Advocate for safe walking and biking. • We would love to speak at your community council meeting!

  15. Discussion

  16. Thank you!

  17. The world’s best cycling cities are typically University towns (source: Pucher, John and Buehler, Ralph (2008) ‘Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany’)

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