Berwyn Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan to creating safer walking routes throughout the city
Welcome to the City of Berwyn Accessibility Improvements Engagement Platform. The goal is to improve safety and accessibility for everyone who uses our sidewalks, including people with disabilities, and make our sidewalks and pedestrian facilities fully accessible to all individuals. Our aim is to develop a comprehensive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) public right-of-way (PROW) transition plan that ensures that the transportation infrastructure, services, and programs within our municipality are fully accessible for all residents. If you or your loved ones use sidewalks in Berwyn, we need your help!
No one knows your community better than you, so we invite you to join us in this important effort.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
- Place a pin - Tell us about your experiences traveling around the city:
- Show where you face challenges traveling around the city, CLICK HERE.
- Answer a short survey- Instead of placing a pin on the map a short survey is available:
- Tell us where you face challenges traveling around the city, CLICK HERE.
- Join the steering committee - EMAIL US if you are interested in being more involved.
- Attend a meeting - Click on upcoming events on the right side to see upcoming meetings.
This plan will serve as a strategic roadmap for identifying and assessing barriers that currently impede accessibility on roads, sidewalks, crosswalks and other components of the public right-of-way. By integrating community feedback with detailed assessments, we will pinpoint specific challenges and develop practical, innovative solutions to enhance accessibility. These solutions will focus on the sidewalk sections that pose the greatest barrier to access in areas that are likely to receive high amounts of pedestrian activity.
A transition plan must:
- Identify physical obstacles that limit accessibility
- Provide an opportunity for the public to participate in developing the plan
- Describe how the facilities will be made accessible
- Include a schedule to achieve compliance
- List the official responsible for implementing the plan
Throughout the planning process there will be opportunities to provide feedback on the greatest challenges associated with traveling in your community and where you want to go, this will help establish a vision for the future of pedestrian travel around the city. Your input will help shape a more inclusive environment where everyone can participate and engage fully.
The planning process starts with a complete inventory of the existing sidewalks, curb ramps, bus stops, and traffic signals throughout the city. So don’t be surprised if you see us walking around over the next couple of months!
Pedestrian Challenges Map
What to look for
We want to gain a better understanding of the challenges pedestrians, bicyclists, and wheelchair users face when traveling around the City of Berwyn.
- Are there certain intersections that you don't feel safe crossing?
- Are there intersections where you think new street crossing need to be added?
- Is there a block in the city where the existing condition of the sidewalk can be dangerous to all users?
Get Started
- Click go to map
- Click the + sign (Add pin) on the left side to open the pin menu.
- Click the pin that best describes your challenge (e.g., no sidewalk is provided, sidewalk is uneven, no curb ramps are present).
- Drag the pin to the specific location on the map and describe in detail what challenge you face
Feel free to upload a photo and answer as many times as you would like. The information that you provide will be invaluable as the city and CMAP start planning a more accessible Berwyn.
Please note your comments and photos will be publicly available.
A short survey is also available, CLICK HERE.