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Greenway Planning Information for
Des Plaines
Report Card
Miles of Greenways | 3.9 | |
Area (miles2) | 16.3 | |
Greenway Density (miles/miles2) |
0.2 | |
Grade: | D- | |
Population | 58,720 | |||||
Median HH Income | $53,638 | |||||
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Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
| Crash data from 2005 | |
| Crash Severity | Count |
| Pedestrian Property Damage | 1 |
| Pedestrian "C" Injury (possible injury) | 16 |
| Pedestrian "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury) | 16 |
| Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury) | 9 |
| Pedestrian fatality | 3 |
Greenways in Des Plaines:
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Corridor Utilization in miles |
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| Existing | Build- out |
Existing ——— Build-out |
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| 2.8 | (1st) | 3.9 | |||
| 1.0 | (2nd) | 1.4 | |||
| 0.0 | (3rd) | 6.3 | |||
| 0.0 | 6.3 | ||||
| 0.0 | 1.9 | ||||
| 0.0 | 2.9 | ||||
| 0.0 | 4.6 | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.3 | ||||
Existing Grade Separations
- All trails in Des Plaines cross roadways at-grade.
Needed Grade Separations
- No highway/trail crossings in Des Plaines 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 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Niles | ★ | 0.28 | 0.94 | |
| Glenview | ★★ | 0.27 | 0.93 | |
| Mount Prospect | ★ | 0.25 | 0.63 | |
| Des Plaines | ★★ | 0.24 (4th) | 1.69 | |
| Park Ridge | ★ | 0.19 | 0.74 | |
| Elk Grove Village | ★ | 0.17 | 0.70 | |
| Arlington Heights | ★★ | 0.17 | 0.62 | |
| Rosemont | ★ | 0.06 | 0.98 | |
Rank Among Peers
(Population between 48,000 and 66,000 and HH Income between $47,000 and $64,000)
(Population between 48,000 and 66,000 and HH Income between $47,000 and $64,000)
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Palatine | ★★ | 0.49 | 0.96 | |
| Mount Prospect | ★ | 0.25 | 0.63 | |
| Des Plaines | ★★ | 0.24 (3rd) | 1.69 | |
| Skokie | ★★ | 0.24 | 0.71 | |
| Oak Lawn | ★ | 0.14 | 0.20 | |
| Tinley Park | ★ | 0.04 | 0.54 | |
| Berwyn | ★ | 0.00 | 0.33 | |
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