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West Cook

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 West Central Municipal Conference (WCMC) 
West Cook Bikeway Plan [2007]
Greenways in West Cook:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
IPP - Main Stem5.3(1st)5.3 100%
Des Plaines River Trail4.0(2nd)12.1 33.3%
Addison Creek corridor0.9(3rd)7.8 11.5%
Illinois Central Line corridor0.0     4.8 0%
Flagg Creek corridor0.0     3.7 0%
Silver Creek corridor0.0     3.6 0%
How West Cook Ranks amongst Chicago Area Counties
★ = has over 60 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Kane★0.36 0.82
DuPage★0.35 0.79
Lake★0.33 0.99
Kendall★0.31 2.07
North Cook★0.31 0.9
McHenry★0.27 1.26
Will★0.27 1.02
South Cook★0.23 0.76
Chicago★★0.17 0.61
West Cook★0.17 (10th) 0.51
Communities in West Cook
★ = has over 5 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
River Grove★0.91 0.91
Bellwood★0.59 1.30
Maywood★0.59 1.02
Hillside★0.37 0.37
Westchester★0.34 0.51
Berkeley★0.32 0.32
North Riverside★0.29 1.85
Northlake★0.26 0.94
Western Springs★0.21 0.21
Forest Park★★0.13 0.59
Broadview★0.09 0.71
Melrose Park★0.07 0.72
Franklin Park★0.06 0.22
Indian Head Park★0.00 1.17
Riverside★0.00 0.79
Lyons★0.00 0.74
Cicero★0.00 0.37
Berwyn★0.00 0.33
McCook★0.00 0.29

   
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