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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?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Neighborhood Greenwaysin the University DistrictAnne Gantt, Kyle Rowe & Eli GoldbergUniversity Greenways
Agenda
•What are Neighborhood Greenways?•U-District: why here? •Next Steps/Discussion
What’s a Neighborhood Greenway?
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It’s a street with low traffic volume and low traffic speed where people walking, bicycling and who live on the street receive priority.
What is a Neighborhood Greenway?
Rapid growth in interest
Beacon Hill Greenways
Phase 1 greenways being built now.
Wallingford Greenways• Phase 1 greenways completed• Phase 2 greenways in planning
Laurelhurst
Fully funded, plan complete, shovel ready.
THE U-DISTRICT?
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) 10
We need safer walking & biking
Community enthusiasm for Greenways!
•U-District Chamber of Commerce Director•UW Transportation Services• Low Income Housing Institute•University Park Community Club
What are we doing?
Building community support for safer walking & bicycling:• Community route planning workshop• Neighborhood walking audits• Possible joint charette with DPD• Bike Master Plan Update
Spreading the word:• Street Fair booth
Our asks of you
• Spread the Greenways word.• Advocate for safe walking and biking.•We would love to speak at your
community council meeting!
THANK YOU!
The world’s best cycling cities are typically University towns
City Bike mode share
Groningen (Netherlands) 39%
Leiden (Netherlands) 33%
Enschede (Netherlands) 31%
Muenster (Germany) 27%
Freiburg (Germany) 22%
Cambridgeshire (UK) 10%
Oxfordshire (UK) 8%
(source: Pucher, John and Buehler, Ralph (2008) ‘Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany’)