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Chicago Area:


Greenway Planning Information for

Downers Grove

Report Card

Miles of Greenways

1.4

Area (miles2)

16.8

Greenway Density (miles/miles2)

0.1

Grade:

FAIL



Population

48,724

Median HH Income

$65,539

External Links

Village of Downers Grove official website
Village Site
Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website
Census Data
RTAMS: Regional Transportation Asset System (Requires a free user account)
RTAMS
Wikipedia entry for Downers Grove
Downers Grove

State Plans

Region Plans

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Community Plans

No plans are available on the Open Space Area level for Downers Grove

Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
Crash data from 2005
Crash SeverityCount
Bicyclist "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury)17
Pedestrian "C" Injury (possible injury)8
Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury)6
Greenways in Downers Grove:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
St. Joseph Creek corridor0.7(1st)6.3 11.1%
East Branch DuPage River corridor0.5(2nd)0.5 100%
Prentiss Creek corridor0.2(3rd)0.5 40.8%
BNSF corridor0.0     2.6 0%
ComEd Trail0.0     0.4 0%
I-355 Trail0.0     1.5 0%
NiGas Bikeway0.0     1.9 0%
Existing Grade Separations
    All trails in Downers Grove cross roadways at-grade.
Needed Grade Separations
    No highway/trail crossings in Downers Grove have been identified as needing grade separations.
Rank Among Neighbors
★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out