Richardson’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP) was recognized recently with a CLIDE (Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence) Award from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) at its 57th annual General Assembly held in Hurst. The ATP was one of six municipal projects to receive a CLIDE Award and shared honors in the Public Planning and Policy category with the City of Lewisville. This category recognizes a local government or public-private partnership for “implementing a program or policy that facilitates and promotes various aspects of the principles of development excellence.”
Approved by the City Council early this year, the ATP was developed throughout 2022, a citywide effort to connect all active transportation elements—pedestrian, bicycle, transit and “micro-mobility” (e-scooters and bikeshare)—to leverage existing infrastructure, capitalize on future transportation projects, and create a network that is more accessible and usable by all ages and abilities in Richardson. “Community input helped create a vision and a set of guiding principles for how Richardson will ensure that the walking, bicycling, and rolling needs of the community will be accommodated,” stated NCTCOG in a press release.
Website: www.cor.net/atp
CLIDE Awards: www.developmentexcellence.com/About-the-CLIDE-Awards
