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Neighborhood Greenwaysin the University DistrictAnne Gantt, Kyle Rowe & Eli GoldbergUniversity Greenways
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Agenda
•What are Neighborhood Greenways?•U-District: why here? •Next Steps/Discussion
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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.
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What is a Neighborhood Greenway?
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Rapid growth in interest
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Beacon Hill Greenways
Phase 1 greenways being built now.
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Wallingford Greenways• Phase 1 greenways completed• Phase 2 greenways in planning
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Laurelhurst
Fully funded, plan complete, shovel ready.
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THE U-DISTRICT?
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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
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We need safer walking & biking
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Community enthusiasm for Greenways!
•U-District Chamber of Commerce Director•UW Transportation Services• Low Income Housing Institute•University Park Community Club
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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
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Our asks of you
• Spread the Greenways word.• Advocate for safe walking and biking.•We would love to speak at your
community council meeting!
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THANK YOU!
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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’)