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IV Goals, Objectives, and Strategies for Success 1. Transportation The Saint Anthony Village of 2030 will be quite different from that of 2012. A city full of young families whose adult members work either within the city, from home, or in downtown Minneapolis will need a diverse, carbon -neutral transportation infrastructure. People will rely on transportation options that carry them over local streets while they do their shopping, bring their kids to school, and enjoy local parks and other entertainment options. The city recognizes the importance of carbon -neutral transportation options, and must therefore build a strong bicycle infrastructure as part of the main thoroughfare that carries residents through the city. Electric bus service will increase to serve those who can't ride bicycles, or for use on days with inclement weather. The citizens of Saint Anthony Village will get around town using their feet, bicycles, and use personal motor vehicles sparingly. Speed limits on city streets will be low, and crosswalks will be wide. Pedestrians and cyclists will take precedence over cars, and networks of walking paths will join neighborhood units together. Goal: Create a community in which individuals don't have to use motor vehicles to meet their basic transportation needs. Objective: Create a series of commuter trails and bike lanes to make bicycle commutes an easy and attractive option. Because of Saint Anthony Village's unique shape, the city would be best served by a large greenway running north -to -south alongside Silver Lake Road. This road serves the entire community, and it runs right down the middle for the entire length, never more than 'A mile from any other point in the city. Residential streets with bike lanes would lead commuters right to the greenway, which would fink up with the Minneapolis Diagonal Trail that runs along the south edge of highway 88. Strategy: Team up with community businesses and other local governments to make this a reality. Businesses in the community will be happy to see a greenway running down the center of Saint Anthony Village. Local businesses might be willing to sponsor one leg of the greenway, or even the whole thing. Advertisements and naming rights can really help generate revenue for the project. Bike parking takes up much less space than automobile parking, so it behooves the shops within Silver Lake Wage and also Saint Anthony Shopping Center to cater to those individuals. Partnership with Minneapolis to ensure that bike commuting infrastructure is complete all the way to downtown Minneapolis is essential --Hennepin Avenue where it meets Stinson boulevard is the ideal place for new bicycle lanes separate from car -traffic areas of streets. These lanes will lead Saint Anthony commuters to the very edge of downtown. Strategy: Make dedicated bike lanes on streets that are wide enough. Bikes aren't feasible on mixed-use roads unless drivers of automobiles understand that they need to share the road. Some streets in Saint Anthony village are wide . Iva 6 I la eCY