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Community Leaders Want Your Feedback on Active Streets Pilot

Active Streets are streets that are repurposed for people walking, biking, running, or wheeling.

Tim Lee, Patch Contributors, editorial
Tim Lee, Patch Contributors, editorial (Courtesy of Tim Lee)

MILWAUKEE, WI— Milwaukee wants your feedback on a pilot problem that impacts people living and enjoying recreation in Milwaukee County and City, the Village of Shorewood, and the City of West Allis.

Share your thoughts on the #ActiveStreetsMKE initiative by taking the survey.

Milwaukee Active Streets is a collaboration between Milwaukee County Parks, the City of Milwaukee, the Village of Shorewood, and the City of West Allis. Active Streets are streets that are repurposed for people walking, biking, running, or wheeling by reducing or prohibiting through traffic.

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County parkways with no houses along them are or were completely closed to car traffic. County parkways and City streets with houses along them are open to “local traffic” only. “

This survey is part of a comprehensive evaluation of the Milwaukee Active Streets program that Milwaukee County Parks, the City of Milwaukee, the Village of Shorewood, and the City of West Allis are conducting. Feedback from this survey will assist these entities in determining if Milwaukee Active Streets should continue into future years and what, if any, changes should be made to the program.

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