{"id":11137,"date":"2021-09-21T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=11137"},"modified":"2021-09-21T09:29:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:29:41","slug":"city-seeks-input-on-pedestrian-master-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/city-seeks-input-on-pedestrian-master-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"City Seeks Input on Pedestrian Master Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A draft of the City of Yakima\u2019s first pedestrian master plan is now available for review by the community. The entire 103-page document can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/planning\/files\/2021\/09\/Yakima-Pedestrian-Master-Plan-Design-Guide_-Public-Draft_20210915-2.pdf\">Yakima-Pedestrian-Master-Plan-Design-Guide_-Public-Draft_20210915-2.pdf (yakimawa.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments about the draft can be submitted by e-mailing <a href=\"mailto:ask.planning@yakimawa.gov\">ask.planning@yakimawa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Yakima Planning Division asks that all comments be submitted by October 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft document includes an overview of public input that helped guide recommendations in the pedestrian master plan. In addition to recommendations regarding pedestrian access, the plan summarizes both challenges and possible solutions to help Yakima become a more walkable, accessible city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe objective of the Yakima Pedestrian Master Plan is to create a safe, complete, and connected pedestrian network that supports travel for people of all ages and abilities,\u201d said Senior Planner Trevor Martin. \u201cWe appreciate the many community members who provided us feedback about pedestrian access in Yakima. We also look forward to receiving the public\u2019s input on the draft pedestrian master plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning in November 2020, the City of Yakima sought public input for the plan through community surveys with questions ranging from walking frequency and destinations, to barriers that prevent walking more often. In addition, the City offered an interpretive public input map, virtual town hall and walking tours to receive public comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the draft pedestrian master plan, contact Senior Planner Trevor Martin at <a href=\"mailto:trevor.martin@yakimawa.gov\">trevor.martin@yakimawa.gov<\/a>, or 575-6162.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Pedestrian-Master-Plan-News-Release.pdf\">Pedestrian-Master-Plan-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Pedestrian-Master-Plan-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A draft of the City of Yakima\u2019s first pedestrian master plan is now available for review by the community. The entire 103-page document can be found at Yakima-Pedestrian-Master-Plan-Design-Guide_-Public-Draft_20210915-2.pdf (yakimawa.gov) Comments about the draft can be submitted by e-mailing ask.planning@yakimawa.gov The City of Yakima Planning Division asks that all comments be submitted by October 4th. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11143,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11137\/revisions\/11143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}