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5.5 Implementation Action Plan

Table 5.23 Implementation Action Plan - Continued

Goal 3.3.2: Improve Transportation Safety

Whether dealing with motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists, proper care must be taken to ensure that the thoroughfares, sidewalks, driveways, and intersections within the 421 Gateway District are properly designed and fitted with adequate safety features and bicycle accommodations.
Strategies for the future of the corridor should create destinations/centers promoting the broader goals for creating places that are walkable, transit supportive, carbon reducing and energy efficient.
TIMEFRAME
PRIORITY (SHORT-MEDIUM-LONG-TERM) PRIMARY SECONDARY POTENTIAL POTENTIAL OUTSIDE
# DESCRIPTION
(PRIMARY-SECONDARY) RESPONSIBLE PARTY RESPONSIBLE PARTY OUTSIDE RESOURCE FUNDING RESOURCE
1-2 Yrs 3-10 Yrs 10+ Yrs
3.2.1
(Page 3-05) Strategy: Confirm feasibility of lane narrowing along US Highway 421.
Actions and Initiatives
Meet with INDOT to discuss and confirm the feasibility of proposed lane narrowing and Planning and
1. raised medians along US Highway 421 / S. Franklin Street. Primary  Office of the City Redevelopment Inspection Private Engineering Federal Aid Highway
Engineer Consultant Program via INDOT
Department
3.2.2
(Page 3-05) Strategy: Improve pedestrian safety and reduce pedestrian-vehicular conflict areas.
Actions and Initiatives
Provide adequate crosswalks at major signalized intersections. Planning and Federal Aid Highway
1. Secondary  Office of the City Redevelopment Inspection Private Engineering Program via INDOT /
Engineer Consultant
Department NIRPC
Provide pedestrian cross connections between businesses whenever possible. Planning and City of Michigan City
Office of the City Private Engineering - Federal Aid Highway
2. Secondary  Redevelopment Inspection
Engineer Consultant Program via INDOT /
Department NIRPC
Provide a continuous network of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant Planning and City of Michigan City
3. sidewalks along thoroughfares and access roads. Configure sidewalks so people feel Primary   Office of the City Redevelopment Inspection Private Engineering - Federal Aid Highway
safe and comfortable. Make sidewalks wide, appealing, and shady. Engineer Department Consultant Program via INDOT /
NIRPC
Where possible, employ traffic calming techniques to increase pedestrian safety (e.g., City of Michigan City
bulb-outs, textured paving, medians, pedestrian refuges), see sidebar, Traffic Calming Office of the City Planning and Private Engineering - Federal Aid Highway
4. Best Practices. Secondary  Engineer Redevelopment Inspection Consultant Program via INDOT /
Department NIRPC

3.2.3
(Page 3-05) Strategy: Develop safe and efficient active transportation (pedestrian, bicycle) routes throughout the 421 Gateway District.
Informed by the Michigan City Trails Master Plan, and in concert with the development of a comprehensive internal access road system within the 421 Gateway District, develop a network of on- and off-street recreational trails that connect neighborhoods to parks and
open space areas, commercial/retail centers, and schools.
Actions and Initiatives
Ensure that significant roadway improvements are context-sensitive and adhere to Federal Aid Highway
‘complete streets” principles. Planning and Program via INDOT /
1. Secondary  Office of the City Redevelopment Inspection Private Engineering NIRPC
Engineer Consultant -
Department Recreational Trails
Program (RTP)
Develop an interconnected network of on-street bicycle lanes and off-street Planning and Federal Aid Highway
2. recreational trails that connect neighborhoods, commercial centers and public Secondary  Office of the City Redevelopment Inspection Private Engineering Program; Recreational
Consultant
Engineer
facilities within the 421 Gateway District. Department Trails Program (RTP)
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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016