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Greenway Planning Information for

Chicago

Report Card

Miles of Greenways

37.9

Area (miles2)

223.6

Greenway Density (miles/miles2)

0.2

Grade:

FAIL



Population

2,896,016

Median HH Income

$38,625

External Links

City of Chicago official website
City Site
Friends of the Parks official website
Nonprofit Organization site
Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website
Census Data
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RTAMS
Wikipedia entry for Chicago
Chicago

State Plans

Region Plans

County Plans

Community Plans

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

Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
Crash data from 2005
Crash SeverityCount
Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury)771
Bicyclist "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury)2579
Pedestrian "C" Injury (possible injury)1299
Pedestrian fatality78
Pedestrian Property Damage78
Greenways in Chicago:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out
Existing
———
Build-out
Lakefront Path16.2(1st)23.0 70.4%
North Branch Trail5.4(2nd)12.6 42.8%
Major Taylor Trail5.3(3rd)5.8 92.3%
Burnham Greenway3.2     5.0 64.3%
Bloomingdale Trail2.5     4.0 63.4%
North Shore Channel Trail2.4     2.5 94.8%
Des Plaines River Trail0.9     1.5 63.9%
Chicago Riverwalk0.8     1.3 59.2%
Calumet-Sag Trail0.0     8.2 0%
Centennial Trail0.0     0.3 0%
Illinois Central Line corridor0.0     7.9 0%
Mid-City Trail0.0     6.2 0%
South Branch Riverwalk0.0     8.7 0%
Valley Line Trail0.0     0.9 0%
Weber Spur corridor0.0     1.2 0%
Existing Grade Separations
Needed Grade Separations
Rank Among Neighbors
★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)
Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out