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Residents urge council to sustain Safe Routes to School, present bikeability working-group progress
Summary
A local working group and Purdue Extension’s Safe Routes to School coordinator presented ongoing efforts to expand bike- and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and requested a permanent home for the grant-funded Safe Routes to School program once current funding ends at year-end.
Members of a local bikeability and walkability working group reported progress to the Richmond Common Council on Sept. 2 and urged continued support for active-transportation efforts. The presentation emphasized connecting the Depot District cycle track to regional greenways and asked the city to consider a permanent home for the Safe Routes to School program.
Berry Kramer and Christina Allen described monthly working-group meetings held in the Sally Hutton Room and outreach to multiple city departments, including planning, streets and parks and…
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