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Organizations have come to Parks Commission in the past to talk about bikeability and walkability. CFS did a survey/project in 2015 with Wilshire park for a resident survey, which good be a useful starting point. Speeding behavior on roads o People drive high speeds on local, neighborhood streets o People driving high speeds prohibit walkability and bikeabilty Short trips can be converted from motor vehicle trips to walking/biking o Reducing number of car trips for short distance – you don’t have to go very far to go to grocery, pharmacy, dinner, etc. Partner with chamber of commerce? Reduce school or commercial trips Intersections of note: o Saint Anthony Blvd & Kenzie Terrace Kenzie terrace crossing from neighborhood to shopping area is bad, also 29th o Silver Lake Road & 29th 29th has silver point park – kids 5-7 play there with t-ball (not even the older kids) o Silver Lake Road and 33rd 33rd busy and backups with school pickup area in the middle/high school area. o Silver Lake Road and 34th o Silver Lake Road and 36th 36th and Silver Lake Road is the alternative to get across if you don’t want to wait at the light, but there’s no crossing at all there or lights Streets to note: o 37th o Silver Lake Road o Kenzie Terrace Connect shopping areas Connect to Silverwood Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Kenzie o talk about collaboration in trying to coordinate with Hennepin County for east/west county bus route Building out inter-city connectivity to community resources & businesses Sidewalk policy prioritizes state aid-funded roads Opportunity to outline how the city can capitalize on what’s been done already by Hennepin County (such as work that was being done on 37th and 29th). Opportunity to survey residents who bike to work and identify these pain points? There are lots of people who commute by bike in SAV Stinson doesn’t have sidewalks on the SAV side, could we partner with county? 9