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Complete a bicycle network that connects community members to each other and the region

Washington, Illinois
Washington’s recreational trail system is a great amenity, but it does not fully serve 1) all areas of the community and 2) different kinds of users. A complete trail system should provide more choices and change its character to increase safety ...
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Make Wabash Connections

Chicago, Illinois
Activate the east-west connection from Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue by engaging activity nodes at the intersection along Wabash Avenue to draw in visitors.
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IDEA: Adapt and Reutilize Freeway Medians

Columbus, Ohio
Freeways, bypasses, and state highways that run within and throughout Franklin County contain significant median width that is for the most part completely unused. The medians typically contain barrier walls and provide space between opposing lane...
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Extend the 606/Bloomingdale Trail to Connect to East Riverbank and Cortland

Chicago, Illinois
Connecting this site into the 606 was suggested by a couple other people in comments on other ideas, so I'm adding it since it's a great idea on its own. The Bloomingdale Trail could be extended east over the Chicago River to connect with a new ri...
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Warehouse Trolley

East Peoria, Illinois
This will help solve connectivity, storm water back up, transportation to work and retail, a great attraction, and get people to the park.
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Superloop Rapid Streetcar

Chicago, Illinois
The Superloop rapid streetcar: - Links major destinations together by world-class modern transit that’s easy to find, simple to navigate, and fun to ride. - Connects the West Loop train stations to Navy Pier and the Museum Campus. - Connects M...
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Connect the Civic Center to the River

Peoria, Illinois
By creating a shared street concept on Fulton Street, the city can create a single, straight, park-like thoroughfare that passes from the Civic Center/Town Hall block, through downtown, in-between the Riverfront Museum and Caterpillar Visitor's Ce...
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New "central transit center" on the near south lakefront

Chicago, Illinois
Create a new "central transit center" on the lakefront serving the museum campus/lucas museum/mccormick place/depaul arena area. it would encompass and connect: + create new streetcar services that might arise from the "museum campus transit...

Multi-Tiered Museum Campus Transportation Plan

Chicago, Illinois
After thorough review of your presentation from OCT 14 meeting and corresponding website of ideas for transportation updates to make access of the Museum Campus there is still glaring omission: creating a new dedicated subway line branching off fr...
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Provide On Demand Public Transportation Options

Peoria, Illinois
Peoria’s public transportation system is a critical asset that moves residents and visitors throughout our city. While Uber and other ride-sharing technologies have raised society’s standards for real-time feedback in the realm of mobility, public...
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Whitman Street Interchange Project

Rockford, Illinois
Let’s remove the Whitman Interchange and open up this 25-acre area for residential and commercial development. It would be replaced with a standard street system that would connect the existing neighborhoods with downtown, Madison Street, the Riv...
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Create Signature Signs

Chicago, Illinois
Utilizing local artists, all for over-the-top signage (think Times Square) to visually activate Wabash and brand the street as a district. Allow for creative interpretations of signage which would enhance the visual connection of the street.
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Improve Wrightwood Park

Chicago, Illinois
Wrightwood Park is a beautiful, medium-sized park located at Ashland and Wrightwood. For many people in the Lincoln Park and Bucktown areas, Wrightwood Park is the closest and most convenient park to visit. However, in recent years, there have bee...
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Partner with Business Development Groups

Chicago, Illinois
Partner with Business Development Groups to connect residents to jobs in nearby areas.
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Bronzeville/35th st. illinois main street project

Chicago, Illinois
Working with disadvantaged youth and young adults in the adjacent affordable housing developments, black metropolis convention & tourism council (bmc &tc) and our affiliate organization bronzeville visitor information center is conducting outreach...

Waldron/16th Street overpass

Chicago, Illinois
One of the main problems in getting to or from the Museum Campus is that traffic often snarls at the intersections of McFetridge, Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, and Roosevelt, which is the only practical way from downtown into the area. There is also...
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Cortland Connector Bikeway between Lincoln Park and Bucktown

Chicago, Illinois
Cortland is already a key route for people trying to cross the river by bike, because it's one of the few non-arterial bridges over the river with less traffic, but it's still an intimidating ride. Let's make it comfortable to bike over the river ...
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Enhance pedestrian & bicycle safety along Dundee Road

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Dundee Road is a major corridor that carries thousands of cars each day. Given that the road is currently oriented towards automobiles, it isn’t friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists who cite safety concerns or avoid it altogether. Increasing sa...
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Turn the road on the 1700 block of Fletcher into a park

Chicago, Illinois
Since the 1700 block of fletcher is basically a one block long road that t's on both ends, mostly used for parking or the random person that speeds down it because they are on the wrong street. it would be great tear out the roads and sidewalks ma...

Light Rail Connector

Chicago, Illinois
A light rail line could provide connections to Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus and every CTA “EL” line and Metra line.
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LISC Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
LISC Chicago connects neighborhoods to the resources they need to become stronger and healthier. Established in 1980, LISC Chicago's flagship program, the New Communities Program, supports quality-of-life planning in low-moderate income neighborh...

Develop Hospital Campus Expansion and Lower Main Street Corridor Improvements Plan

Peoria, Illinois
The winding streets of the medical campus are made more compatible with the surrounding grid, continuing the pedestrian-friendly character of the downtown core. Confusing irregularities are repaired and create new development potential. Fulton St...
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Adopt and Rename the Downtown East-West Connector

Columbus, Ohio
The east-west i-670 trail is named after the interstate it runs next to. i believe this trail needs to be renamed with something more representative of it's surroundings. it connects the alum creek trail to the scioto and olentangy greenway trails...
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CTA Line for Southeast Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
Recently some groups have been calling for Metra to convert to an "L"-like timetable with trains running every 10 or 15 minutes. http://chi.streetsblog.org/2016/01/1...ike-the-cta-l/ But I have another, crazier idea. In 2013, CTA pulled all ...
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