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Greenway Planning Information for
Palatine
Report Card
Miles of Greenways | 7.6 | |
Area (miles2) | 15.5 | |
Greenway Density (miles/miles2) |
0.5 | |
Grade: | C+ | |
Population | 65,479 | ||||||
Median HH Income | $63,321 | ||||||
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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) | 13 |
| Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury) | 4 |
| Pedestrian fatality | 2 |
Greenways in Palatine:
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Corridor Utilization in miles |
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| Existing | Build- out |
Existing ——— Build-out |
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| 3.3 | (1st) | 3.6 | |||
| 2.1 | (2nd) | 5.8 | |||
| 1.6 | (3rd) | 2.2 | |||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||
| 0.0 | 2.7 | ||||
Existing Grade Separations
- Palatine to Prospect Heights Trail is separated from
Hicks Road with an Underpass.
Needed Grade Separations
- Palatine to Prospect Heights Trail should be separated from Dundee Road/IL 68 with an Overpass.
- Salt Creek Greenway should be separated from I-290/IL 53 with an Underpass.
- Salt Creek Greenway should be separated from Northwest Highway/US 14 with an Underpass.
- Salt Creek Greenway should be separated from Palatine Road with an Underpass.
- Deer Grove to Buffalo Creek corridor should be separated from Quentin Road with an Underpass.
Rank Among Neighbors
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Rolling Meadows | ★★ | 0.50 | 1.08 | |
| Palatine | ★★ | 0.49 (2nd) | 0.96 | |
| Deer Park | ★★ | 0.39 | 0.60 | |
| Hoffman Estates | ★★ | 0.36 | 0.62 | |
| Schaumburg | ★★ | 0.28 | 0.71 | |
| Barrington | ★ | 0.18 | 1.39 | |
| Arlington Heights | ★★ | 0.17 | 0.62 | |
| Inverness | ★ | 0.07 | 0.70 | |
| Long Grove | ★ | 0.04 | 1.49 | |
Rank Among Peers
(Population between 54,000 and 76,000 and HH Income between $53,000 and $68,000)
(Population between 54,000 and 76,000 and HH Income between $53,000 and $68,000)
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Palatine | ★★ | 0.49 (1st) | 0.96 | |
| Evanston | ★★ | 0.35 | 0.45 | |
| Bolingbrook | ★★ | 0.32 | 0.85 | |
| Schaumburg | ★★ | 0.28 | 0.71 | |
| Mount Prospect | ★ | 0.25 | 0.63 | |
| Des Plaines | ★★ | 0.24 | 1.69 | |
| Skokie | ★★ | 0.24 | 0.71 | |
| Berwyn | ★ | 0.00 | 0.33 | |
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