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Friday, May 4, 2012

Talkin' About Walkin': Officials Aim to Add More Local Sidewalks

Tinley Park trustees and committeemen chatted this past week about a longterm plan that will improve local "walkability." It won't happen overnight, they said, but it's part of the vision for the village.

Local officials want Tinley Park to be more walkable. Adding sidewalks and bicycle paths within the village, as well as more bike racks to public places—the library, for instance—were all "walkability" tactics discussed Tuesday during a committee meeting, reports the Sun-Times Media.  The following are listed in village documents as the "primary goals" of the program: "Planning staff ... will provide the Village of Tinley Park and its partners with the tools and guidance necessary to become an exemplary bicycle and pedestrian friendly community," board documents said. The Active Transportation Plan is being coordinated with help from the Mayor's Advisory Panel on Wellness. The grant-funded group was created last summer. The Sun-Times Media…

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2:10 am on Sunday, July 22, 2012

How about 183rd there on the westside of the street where that cross is standing where that person got killed, they need a big side walk over there also well as harlem also up and down the street over that so no one getLs hurt,   more ›

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