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Greenway Planning Information for
Skokie
Report Card
Miles of Greenways | 2.4 | |
Area (miles2) | 10.0 | |
Greenway Density (miles/miles2) |
0.2 | |
Grade: | D- | |
Population | 63,348 | |||||
Median HH Income | $57,375 | |||||
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Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
| Crash data from 2005 | |
| Crash Severity | Count |
| Pedestrian "C" Injury (possible injury) | 19 |
| Bicyclist "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury) | 25 |
| Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury) | 10 |
| Pedestrian fatality | 1 |
Greenways in Skokie:
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Corridor Utilization in miles |
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| Existing | Build- out |
Existing ——— Build-out |
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| 1.7 | (1st) | 1.7 | |||
| 0.5 | (2nd) | 3.5 | |||
| 0.2 | (3rd) | 0.2 | |||
| 0.0 | 0.3 | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.9 | ||||
Existing Grade Separations
- Skokie Valley Trail is separated from
Edens Expressway/I-94 with an Underpass.
Needed Grade Separations
- North Shore Channel Trail should be separated from Oakton Street with an Underpass.
- North Shore Channel Trail should be separated from Touhy Avenue with an Underpass.
Rank Among Neighbors
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Morton Grove | ★ | 0.44 | 1.57 | |
| Wilmette | ★★ | 0.36 | 0.63 | |
| Evanston | ★★ | 0.35 | 0.45 | |
| Niles | ★ | 0.28 | 0.94 | |
| Glenview | ★★ | 0.27 | 0.93 | |
| Lincolnwood | ★ | 0.26 | 1.18 | |
| Skokie | ★★ | 0.24 (7th) | 0.71 | |
| Chicago | ★★ | 0.16 | 0.61 | |
Rank Among Peers
(Population between 52,000 and 66,000 and HH Income between $47,000 and $68,000)
(Population between 52,000 and 66,000 and HH Income between $47,000 and $68,000)
| ★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails ★ = has Planned Trail(s) |
Greenway Density miles/miles2 | |||
| Existing | Build-out | |||
| Palatine | ★★ | 0.49 | 0.96 | |
| Bolingbrook | ★★ | 0.32 | 0.85 | |
| Mount Prospect | ★ | 0.25 | 0.63 | |
| Des Plaines | ★★ | 0.24 | 1.69 | |
| Skokie | ★★ | 0.24 (5th) | 0.71 | |
| Oak Lawn | ★ | 0.14 | 0.20 | |
| Berwyn | ★ | 0.00 | 0.33 | |
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