Mitch Barloga from NW Indiana Greenways & Blueways was the speaker at 4/8/13 Green Drinks in Valparaiso. He talked about ways the region is trying to be more user-friendly for non-motorized transporation.

7. The American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE)
reported that the United
States has a $2.2 TRILLION
shortfall in maintaining
infrastructure

9. A survey of 2,000 recent home buyers was co-sponsored by the National
Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Realtors – April 2002

16. Trails
Road Transit
s
Federal
Transportation
Funds
Aviation Freigh
t
Safety

19. BY LAND…
• Currently 85 miles of paved trails in NWI
(Approx. 13 miles in 1990)
• All or part of 9 trail corridors are operational
• Approx. 52 miles funded for imminent
development
• Approx. 6 miles slated for construction start in
2013
• Planned vision of 28 Priority Corridors spanning
500 miles of off-road trails
• Currently 600+ miles of Shared Route (Porter &
LaPorte Counties)

25. Where Can I Park?!

28. Complete Streets
• The Complete Streets concept is an initiative to
design and build roads that adequately
accommodate all users of a corridor, including
pedestrians, bicyclists, users of mass transit,
people with disabilities, the elderly, motorists,
freight providers, emergency responders, and
adjacent land users.
• Currently 130 adopted nationwide, with three
MPO’s in Indiana

34. BY SEA…
• 15 potential water trail routes identified in 2007
Greenways & Blueways Plan
• RLake Michigan Water Trail brochure – Revised
in June, 2011
• Explored regional routes along Little Calumet and
Kankakee Rivers
• Kankakee Water Trail Map – April 2011
• Worked on local routes in Lowell, Dyer, Portage
& Michigan City
• Local Route on Little Calumet River in Porter
• Campsite along Kankakee River in LaPorte 2013

39. Indiana

50. Pennsy
Greenway
Northwest

54. Gary Green Links Plan

57. C&O Trail

60. Oak
Savannah
Trail
Planned
Connection
Erie
Lackawanna
Trail
Erie-Lackawanna/Oak-Savannah Connection

68. Porter
Brickyard
Trail

85. American Discovery Trail

88. Thank You!
Mitch Barloga, AICP
Northwestern
Indiana Regional
Planning Commission
(219) 763-6060
mbarloga@nirpc.org