New Whitney Avenue Envisioned

Plant Elm trees along the avenue. Paint ​“sharrows.” Add all-day parking spots.

Those are a few of the traffic-calming ideas included on a new map entitled ​“Whitney Avenue: Vision For The Future.”

The ideas were compiled from a neighborhood brainstorming session on July 9. The meeting was called by East Rock Alderman Roland Lemar, safe streets activist David Streever and aldermanic candidate Justin Elicker to address what they see as shortcomings of a recent repaving project on East Rock’s main thoroughfare.

Activists are pushing for a second phase of the redo project in order to include improvements for cyclists, walkers and bus-riders. The map below includes all the ideas that were brought up at the meeting; organizers plan to ​“work through these ideas with the city to come up with a feasible long-term goal,” Elicker said.

Scroll down to see the suggestions outlined on a map. Click here to download the map.