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Kalamazoo staff present Safe Streets for All plan seeking federal implementation funding
Summary
City planner Nolan Bergstrom briefed the Planning Commission on a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan that maps pedestrian, bus‑stop and lighting priorities, identifies five high‑priority intersections and relies on a Safe System approach to unlock federal implementation funds.
Community Planner Nolan Bergstrom told the Kalamazoo Planning Commission the city’s Safe Streets for All (SS4A) planning‑and‑demonstration grant has produced a safety action plan that lays out near‑term intersection, sidewalk, lighting and bus stop projects and the strategy to pursue implementation funding.
The plan, developed with consultants Alta Planning + Design and AECOM, uses a Safe System approach that emphasizes reducing speeds and designing streets to protect vulnerable roadway users — people walking, biking and using transit. Bergstrom said the plan is intended to…
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