Pedestrian Plan Update - Phase I
Everyone walks or uses the City’s pedestrian network—to get to work, to shop, to reach the bus stop, to get some exercise, or to just have fun. Accessible and usable curb ramps, safe sidewalks, and a usable pedestrian network are needed by resident and visitors alike. Because we all use the City’s pedestrian network, we hope you join us for the update of our City’s Pedestrian Plan – a document that will determine the pedestrian experience for years to come.
Currently, the Pedestrian Plan consists of Map TR 1, Regional Pedestrian Network, in Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive Plan, which is an existing sidewalk map. Phase I of the Pedestrian Plan Update will be focused on public education and prioritizing sidewalk infrastructure installation. With over 650 miles of missing sidewalks in the City of Spokane and a limited funding source for sidewalk infrastructure, prioritizing needs based on pedestrian generators, such as schools, parks, commercial areas, and STA stops, is the first phase in completing a citywide pedestrian network.
- Pedestrian Hot Spot Map: shows influence areas of various pedestrian generators in a color coded map overlaid with the missing sidewalk infrastructure information
- Activity/Policy Statements:
- How to handle insufficient ROW
- How to handle steep slopes
- How to handle areas of adjacent curb
- Ranking of project types (infill vs. repair vs. trails)
- How to handle pedestrian barriers in pedestrian hot-spots
- Protection of pedestrian structures (stairs, overpasses, etc)
- Performance Measures: statements outlining expected progress
- ADA Transition Plan: integral to meeting the City’s ADA requirements while staying tightly coordinated with our overall pedestrian efforts
The City of Spokane is updating the city-wide Pedestrian Plan (Plan). The Plan will help to increase pedestrian safety and mobility, support a multimodal transportation system, and provide guidance on the best use of resources to implement pedestrian initiatives.
You can review the project materials to learn what the project has accomplished. You can find out how to get involved in upcoming meetings and events. You can also tell us what you think by sending us your comments and questions (we will respond if you ask us to):
Background
The Pedestrian Plan Update seeks to promote pedestrian safety and access to help ensure that Spokane is a safe, convenient, and attractive place to walk. It will establish a pedestrian network emphasizing safe routes to school and connections to transit. The routes include streets, walkways, and trails that connect schools, libraries, parks, neighborhoods, and commercial areas throughout the City. It will identify priority street segments along these routes for targeted improvements over the next twenty years.
The City of Spokane is committed to walking as a form of transportation and recreation that is safe, accessible, healthy, and affordable for all citizens. Every citizen is a pedestrian at some point during the day. We all walk, whether to a school, transit stop, to a parked car, to work, or for exercise. The City also recognizes the value of walking for promoting environmental sustainability and the commercial vitality of downtown and Centers and Corridors.
| Planning Services Department Staff | |
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| David Steele - dsteele@spokanecity.org | (509) 625-6064 |
| Nikole Coleman-Porter - ncoleman@spokanecity.org | (509) 625-6883 |
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