northwest indiana greenways & blueways

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) reported that the United

States has a $2.2 TRILLION shortfall in maintaining

infrastructure

A survey of 2,000 recent home buyers was co-sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Realtors – April 2002

Transit

Roads

Aviation

Freight

Federal Transportation

Funds

Trails

Safety

BY LAND…• Currently 85 miles of paved trails in NWI

(Approx. 13 miles in 1990)• All or part of 9 trail corridors are

operational• Approx. 52 miles funded for imminent

development• Approx. 6 miles slated for construction

start in 2013• Planned vision of 28 Priority Corridors

spanning 500 miles of off-road trails• Currently 600+ miles of Shared Route

(Porter & LaPorte Counties)

Where Can I Park?!

Complete Streets• The Complete Streets concept is an

initiative to design and build roads that adequately accommodate all users of a corridor, including pedestrians, bicyclists, users of mass transit, people with disabilities, the elderly, motorists, freight providers, emergency responders, and adjacent land users.

• Currently 130 adopted nationwide, with three MPO’s in Indiana

BY SEA…• 15 potential water trail routes identified in

2007 Greenways & Blueways Plan• RLake Michigan Water Trail brochure –

Revised in June, 2011• Explored regional routes along Little

Calumet and Kankakee Rivers• Kankakee Water Trail Map – April 2011• Worked on local routes in Lowell, Dyer,

Portage & Michigan City• Local Route on Little Calumet River in Porter• Campsite along Kankakee River in LaPorte

2013

Indiana

Pennsy GreenwayNorthwest

Gary Green Links Plan

C&O Trail

Erie-Lackawanna/Oak-Savannah Connection

Erie Lackawanna Trail

Oak Savannah Trail

Planned Connection

Porter Brickyard Trail

American Discovery Trail

Thank You!

Mitch Barloga, AICP

Northwestern Indiana Regional

Planning Commission

(219) 763-6060

mbarloga@nirpc.org