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Chicago Area:


Greenway Planning Information for

Wheeling

Report Card

Miles of Greenways

5.1

Area (miles2)

8.8

Greenway Density (miles/miles2)

0.6

Grade:

B



Population

34,496

Median HH Income

$55,491

External Links

Village of Wheeling 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 Wheeling
Wheeling

State Plans

Region Plans

County Plans

Community Plans

No plans are available on the Open Space Area level for Wheeling

Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
Crash data from 2005
Crash SeverityCount
Bicyclist "C" Injury (possible injury)7
Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury)4
Bicyclist "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury)12
Pedestrian fatality2
Greenways in Wheeling:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
Des Plaines River Trail1.6(1st)1.6 100%
North Central corridor1.3(2nd)4.2 31.7%
Palatine to Prospect Heights Trail0.9(3rd)0.9 100%
Buffalo Creek corridor0.7     4.4 16.8%
McDonald Creek corridor0.5     1.8 27.4%
Existing Grade Separations
Needed Grade Separations
    No highway/trail crossings in Wheeling 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