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Chicago Area:


Greenway Planning Information for

Des Plaines

Report Card

Miles of Greenways

3.9

Area (miles2)

16.3

Greenway Density (miles/miles2)

0.2

Grade:

D-



Population

58,720

Median HH Income

$53,638

External Links

City of Des Plaines official website
City Site
Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website
Census Data
RTAMS: Regional Transportation Asset System (Requires a free user account)
RTAMS
Wikipedia entry for Des Plaines
Des Plaines

State Plans

Region Plans

County Plans

Community Plans

No plans are available on the Open Space Area level for Des Plaines

Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
Crash data from 2005
Crash SeverityCount
Pedestrian "C" Injury (possible injury)16
Pedestrian "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury)16
Pedestrian Property Damage1
Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury)9
Pedestrian fatality3
Greenways in Des Plaines:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
Des Plaines River Trail2.8(1st)3.9 73.8%
ComEd ROW - Lombard to Des Plaines corridor1.0(2nd)1.4 72.5%
Higgins-Willow Creek corridor0.0(3rd)1.9 0%
New Line corridor0.0     4.6 0%
North Central corridor0.0     6.3 0%
Northwestern corridor0.0     2.9 0%
McDonald Creek corridor0.0     0.3 0%
Wellers Creek corridor0.0     6.3 0%
Existing Grade Separations
    All trails in Des Plaines cross roadways at-grade.
Needed Grade Separations
    No highway/trail crossings in Des Plaines have been identified as needing grade separations.
Rank Among Neighbors
★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out