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City transportation engineer outlines pedestrian crossings, bike plan expansions and traffic-calming targets
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City transportation engineer John Bartlett summarized plans to install 36 enhanced pedestrian crossings, accelerate protected bike facilities, and move toward a proactive traffic-calming program; staff noted limited team capacity to deliver projects.
John Bartlett, the City of Grand Rapids' transportation engineer, briefed the Mobile GR Commission on Feb. 6 about a portfolio of pedestrian, bicycle and traffic-safety projects planned for the next three years and the funding sources that will support them.
Bartlett said the city will install enhanced pedestrian crossing treatments at 36 locations over the next three years through a combination of grant funding, city capital allocations and partnerships with local organizations. "These are funded through a combination of grant funding, city capital projects, as well as partnerships with entities like Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.," Bartlett said.
He also reviewed progress under the Bicycle Action Plan (adopted in 2019). The city has installed 19 new miles of bicycle facilities since adoption, Bartlett said, and five of those miles are…
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