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Strategy 3 Improve street lighting to increase visibility for pedestrians on streets and to meet the City's energy goals.

Previous Strategy:
Strategy 2
Next Strategy:
Strategy 4

The actions within this strategy are divided into two categories:

Action we will DOActions we will SUPPORT

Action we will do are followed by “DO” and are colored in dark gray, and actions we will support are followed by “SUPPORT” and are colored in light gray.

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Lighting plays an important role in people’s comfort walking on city streets. In Minneapolis, having adequate lighting no matter the place within the city is important, especially when the sun rises as late as 7:45 am and sets as early as 4:30 pm during the winter. This strategy adjusts the City’s approach to street reconstruction projects so that pedestrian lighting is always included as part of the reconstruction project; previously, pedestrian lighting was only included as a project cost if the street was identified on the Pedestrian Street Lighting Corridor. The City typically installs 50 lights per year (3,000 feet) of standalone pedestrian scale lighting projects along a Pedestrian Street Lighting Corridor, not as a part of a street reconstruction project; these installations will now be focused on the Pedestrian Priority Network.

  • Pedestrian scale streetlight

    Pedestrian scale streetlight

  • Wood pole streetlight

    Wood pole streetlight

Actions

Actions to improve street lighting to increase visibility for pedestrians on streets and to meet the City's energy goals.

Walking 3.1

Update the Street Lighting Policy to include pedestrian lighting on all street reconstruction projects included as part of the capital project cost.

Supported goals:

Safety Equity Active Partnerships

Related actions:

 

Difficulty:

High

Timeframe:

2020-2023 (Years 0-3)

Walking 3.2

Require the provision of pedestrian lighting in the public right of way with private development projects that meet size and location thresholds.

Supported goals:

Safety Active Partnerships

Related actions:

 

Difficulty:

Low

Timeframe:

2020-2023 (Years 0-3)

Status:

On-going

Walking 3.3

Prioritize locations for standalone pedestrian scale lighting projects in areas of concentrated poverty with majority people of color with a focus on the Pedestrian Priority Network.

Supported goals:

Safety Equity

Related actions:

 

Difficulty:

Low

Timeframe:

2020-2023 (Years 0-3)

Status:

On-going