Update: On March 11, 2020, the NWMC Board approved the adoption of the Multimodal Plan.
The Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC) is working with member communities, stakeholders, and residents across the region to create its first Multimodal Transportation Plan. While many of the communities within the NWMC have created inspiring plans and implemented innovative projects related to walking, biking, and improving access to transit, the NWMC Multimodal Transportation Plan will further collaboration across municipal boundaries and provide shared data and tools to help create a more connected, equitable, and healthy region.
Through a combination of detailed data collection and analysis, in-depth interviews and focus groups with transportation staff throughout the region, and in-person and multimedia community engagement, the NWMC Multimodal Transportation Plan will:
- Identify priority bicycle corridors to better connect the region's existing system of trails and create a comprehensive bicycle network that is safe and comfortable for people of all ages and abilities
- Evaluate sidewalks along major roads and surrounding transit stops to identify key gaps
- Analyze the issues that make it difficult for people to walk and bike to CTA, Metra, and Pace stops and identify scalable solutions that can be used throughout the region
For more information about the plan, please see the external project page: http://www.nwmcmultimodalplan.org/