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Abstract
GIS in Planning: Inventorying and Assessing a Sidewalk System
Track: Transportation and Logistics
Author(s): Kendis Willet
A pedestrian friendly environment is often overlooked in many of today's cities. This paper presents how a metropolitan planning organization applies GIS in the development of a sidewalk maintenance program in Duluth, Minnesota. Sidewalks and areas that generate high amounts of sidewalk usage were inventoried, assessed, and analyzed for a 76-square-mile area. Ten areas were identified as areas of high sidewalk usage including retail areas, parks, and churches. The paper explores data gathering methods, sidewalk evaluation, and overlay/proximity analysis, which allows decision makers and city officials to easily identify sidewalk corridors having the greatest need for attention.
Kendis Willet
Arrowhead Regional Development Commission
Metropolitan Planning
221 W. 1st St.
Duluth , MN 55802
USA
Phone: 218-529-7518
E-mail: kwillet@ardc.org