Posted July 17, 2024 in Weblog

A brand new roundup of Walkability Wins. This month we’re showcasing the motion by highlighting extra locations throughout the nation who’re remodeling mobility and advancing pedestrian-friendly agendas.

Montgomery County, Maryland

The Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously voted to make the Montgomery Parks Open Parkways initiative on Seashore Drive everlasting. Starting on June 21, parts of Seashore Drive can be off limits to motor automobiles each Friday by Sunday providing 2.2 miles of house for pedestrians, cyclists and different non motorized customers. This extension, launched through the pandemic, has already been loved by over one million folks and is anticipated to enhance choices for everybody.

Shout out to WABA Motion Committee for Montgomery County for this wonderful win!

Hawai’i

A landmark settlement with 13 younger local weather advocates will speed up Hawaii’s transit system decarbonization, recognizing youngsters’s constitutional rights to a sustainable local weather. The settlement consists of making a Greenhouse Fuel Discount Plan, establishing a youth advisory council, and finishing pedestrian, bicycle and transit networks within the subsequent 5 years. This can be a historic case that units a precedent for youth-led local weather motion and demonstrates the facility of collective engagement by younger leaders.

New Haven, Connecticut

Sparked by years of student-led advocacy after quite a few bicycle-car collisions, New Haven will add sidewalks, velocity bump, safer bus cease, intersection enhancements and a pedestrian bridge over Wintergreen Brook early subsequent 12 months. It will join Widespread Floor Excessive Faculty, Brennan-Rogers Magnet Faculty, and native housing developments. Funded by a $669,600 state grant, these upgrades goal to make strolling and biking safer, addressing the realm’s historic lack of pedestrian infrastructure.

Newport, Virginia

The Metropolis Council unanimously accredited a decision to accomplice with the state and Virginia Division of Transportation for the citywide pedestrian security enhancements mission. This mission consists of upgrades at 79 intersections, specializing in pedestrian buttons, indicators, and ADA-compliant ramps. The mission, funded by a VDOT grant protecting 90% federal and 10% state prices, goals to boost security with new applied sciences and infrastructure enhancements. Building dates are but to be decided.

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Metropolis of Indianapolis has awarded $500,000 to enhance ADA compliance at bus stops. This funding will help upgrades reminiscent of sidewalk connections, boarding areas, and curb ramps, enhancing entry for neighborhoods between Central and Arlington avenues and tenth and thirty eighth streets. The mission, set to start in 2025, will create 91 accessible bus stops by a partnership with federal funds, the Division of Public Works, IU Well being, and IndyGo Basis donors. These enhancements are set improve mobility and equitable entry.

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