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Greenway Planning Information for
Lake Forest
Report Card
Miles of Greenways | 11.1 | |
Area (miles2) | 17.1 | |
Greenway Density (miles/miles2) |
0.7 | |
Grade: | A- | |
Population | 20,059 | |||||
Median HH Income | $136,462 | |||||
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Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
| Crash data from 2005 | |
| Crash Severity | Count |
| Bicyclist "C" Injury (possible injury) | 6 |
| Bicyclist "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury) | 6 |
| Pedestrian fatality | 2 |
Greenways in Lake Forest:
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Corridor Utilization in miles |
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| Existing | Build- out |
Existing ——— Build-out |
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| 3.7 | (1st) | 3.7 | |||
| 3.5 | (2nd) | 4.9 | |||
| 2.6 | (3rd) | 5.2 | |||
| 1.1 | 3.8 | ||||
| 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
Existing Grade Separations
- Skokie Valley Bike Path is separated from
Deer Path Road with an Overpass. - Skokie Valley Bike Path is separated from Skokie Highway/US 41 with an Overpass.
Needed Grade Separations
- No highway/trail crossings in Lake Forest 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 | |||
| Highwood | ★ | 1.67 | 1.67 | |
| Lake Bluff | ★★ | 0.96 | 1.55 | |
| Highland Park | ★★ | 0.78 | 1.29 | |
| Green Oaks | ★ | 0.74 | 1.36 | |
| Lake Forest | ★ | 0.65 (5th) | 1.04 | |
| Mettawa | ★ | 0.52 | 0.61 | |
| Bannockburn | ★ | 0.37 | 0.53 | |
| Lincolnshire | ★ | 0.34 | 0.76 | |
Rank Among Peers
(Population between 3,000 and 21,000 and HH Income between $127,000 and $150,000)
(Population between 3,000 and 21,000 and HH Income between $127,000 and $150,000)
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Green Oaks | ★ | 0.74 | 1.36 | |
| Lake Forest | ★ | 0.65 (2nd) | 1.04 | |
| Deer Park | ★★ | 0.39 | 0.60 | |
| Lincolnshire | ★ | 0.34 | 0.76 | |
| Barrington Hills | ★ | 0.21 | 1.02 | |
| Burr Ridge | ★★ | 0.14 | 0.27 | |
| Inverness | ★ | 0.07 | 0.70 | |
| Long Grove | ★ | 0.04 | 1.49 | |
| Kildeer | ★ | 0.00 | 0.89 | |
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