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Northwestern University Evanston Campus Active Transportation Plan

Northwestern University Evanston Campus Active Transportation Plan

Evanston, Illinois
United States
Northwestern University campus

TYLin developed the first active transportation plan for Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston, Illinois.

We developed the first active transportation plan for Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. The plan, deeply rooted in the University’s ambitious climate goals, involved a comprehensive analysis of the existing conditions. This effort included a complete survey of existing bike parking infrastructure and utilization and a review of existing e-scooter parking behavior, detailed mode counts, and user behavior observations.

We led a series of focus groups and conducted interviews with campus staff and peer universities to better understand opportunities, challenges, and best practices. We developed comprehensive recommendations focused on new bike parking guidance, bike parking capacity adjustments, indoor/secure bike parking, commuter showers, abandoned bikes, and a bike resource center. Recommendations also included:

  • A revised vehicle network.
  • A detailed primary bicycle and micromobility network.
  • Guidance on incrementally implementing the network.
  • A series of street and pathway typologies.

Our plan included policy recommendations for e-scooters, mopeds, and e-device charging, and guidance for reorganizing active transportation responsibilities and strategies for active transportation communications, programming, and education. Finally, we worked with an Advisory Committee to establish a prioritized action list for implementing the plan — with the goal of moving Northwestern University into Gold designation among the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Universities.

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