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Reconfigure the Intersection at Knoxville & Pennsylvania Avenues

Peoria, Illinois
Consider an alternative configuration, as illustrated above. The ramps have been sorted out so that one moves in a more intuitive manner (moving right to go right). In addition, the awkward intersection is simplified with the use of a roundabout, ...
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Food Truck Court

Peoria, Illinois
Provide a gathering place with tables and restrooms in green area for food carts and food trucks. This would allow a variety of choices in a relaxed atmosphere. Rent the slips for vendors for parking. The area would be flood safe with the mobil...
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Install additional diagonal streets that run towards the city center

Chicago, Illinois
Circulation towards the center is partially established, but the arteries need extending and developing, and circulation across the city from the northwest to the south and east and from the southwest to the north is lacking
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B.Y.O.B (Build Your Own Boulevard)

Chicago, Illinois
We are creating a design for one the Chicago Boulevards. We are focusing on increasing the overall appeal of the Boulevard in an eco-friendly manner to encourage people to utilize it for positive purposes.
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Historic Self-Guided Tour

Chicago, Illinois
We want to get people out to the historic boulevards on a self-guided historical/architectural tour. A signed tour will help to educate the members of our community about our neighborhood. Signs explaining specific sites, their historical signific...
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Calisthenics Park

Peoria, Illinois
There is not a single fitness park in the State of Illinois south of Aurora. Go to Chicago, Milwaukee, St Louis, or any other city center or its suburbs and fitness parks are everywhere. The "fitness" park at Glen Oak is a joke. A fitness park, es...
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CTA Brownline L

Chicago, Illinois
Bring a new CTA Brown Line L station to Division Street.
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Bus Shelters etc.

Peoria, Illinois
Make taking a bus in Peoria more attractive, by adding shelters, benches, sidewalks, and good signage.
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Build a Merchandise Mart Riverwalk

Chicago, Illinois
Given the current construction of Phase 3, the last of the planned riverwalk expansions on the southern edge of the central branch, let's start thinking about the possibilities on the north side. Although there are several riverwalk segments for ...
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Ensure Safer Routes to School

Columbus, Ohio
In Ohio's urban school districts, one in 446 students has been hit by a car. In suburban districts, it's one in 1,473. Because schools are often located at the center of communities, safety improvements benefit people of all ages by slowing tra...
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Plan for New Open Spaces alongside New Residential Development

Washington, Illinois
Parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields play an important role in enhancing the health of the community. Making sure that additional open space is a part of any new development is necessary in order to ensure that all residents have access within ...
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Pedestrian maps that are a feat of design and data

Columbus, Ohio
Pedestrian maps encourage people to walk, and physical activity in a good thing, especially in obesity-ridden America. Research in London found that people took the Tube for short rides that, when you factor in wait time, end up taking longer than...
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Basketball Court on My Block

Chicago, Illinois
My new idea is that i want to change my neighborhood, north lawndale, by building a basketball court in my dry neighborhood to bring some light to it. the basketball court would be on flournoy & central park when teens say “dry” we mean that all...
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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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Interesting landscape as buffers from street traffic

Columbus, Ohio
Planting trees and shrubs near the street provide a good buffer between pedestrians and automobiles. While many areas in Columbus already have small plots of grass by their roads, it is important that the landscape is artistic and unique. Interest...
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Make US Business 24 a Safer Corridor for Pedestrians & Bicyclists

Washington, Illinois
Doing so can help attract more customers to adjacent businesses and improve safety and community character.
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Attract more vegan businesses and fresh markets to town

Washington, Illinois
With limited options for vegans in the Peoria area, Washington could take advantage to become one of the few cities that provide healthier eating options while also becoming a must go to destination for vegans and vegetarians. Providing alternativ...
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Transform the Georgetown Apartment Property into Bicentennial Park

Washington, Illinois
I feel this would be a prime spot for a walking park where access could be gained with a drop down from the rec trail to the north, or from Kern to the south. My vision sees this as a natural area except for a path for walking. Let large trees f...
walking public-space park land-use

Install Mid-Block Crossings on Main Street

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Mid-block crossings improve walkability in places where pedestrian traffic is busiest and people are already crossing versus at marked intersections. Crossings would be delineated using brick pavers, signage, and/or low plantings to alert drivers ...
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Crowdsource energy efficiency ideas

Peoria, Illinois
Great ideas live throughout the community and are often the brainchild of users. Methods to improve energy efficiency are no exception. Crowdsourcing is a tool used to tap into the brainpower of a group of people, rather than turning to industry e...
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Get Strict with Property Appearances

Yorkville, Illinois
Submitted on behalf of Kelly Hillgoth: This city could benefit from stricter ordinances on the appearance of property. Driving through Yorkville, it appears to be a "dumpy" town. Many old buildings, sidewalks, properties, light fixtures, roadwa...
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Convert Summit and Fourth Street into two-way streets

Columbus, Ohio
One-way surface streets create rivers of fast moving automobiles that depress walking and street life. The city should convert Summit and Fourth street back into two way streets to help encourage walking and street life in Italian Village and sur...
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Downtown Riverfront Park

Peoria, Illinois
Reclaim most of the downtown riverfront for a large linear park along the Illinois River. My suggestion is to acquire commercial property currently on the east-side of SW Water Street and turn it into a park for passive (open green space) & acti...
water walking preservation public-space park

Minimize the visual presence of residential garages

Antioch, Illinois
Attached garages that are entered from the side of the house or detached garages that are set back from the front of the house can minimize or eliminate the impact of a garage-dominated front facade. Reducing the visibility of the garage can impro...
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