The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority will redeploy the Healthy Streets initiative this spring to prioritize pedestrian and cyclist safety. The 2020 pilot initiative involved reconfiguring streets and parking lanes to accommodate pedestrians. The city wants to include more neighborhood streets and identify areas where the adjustments would be permanent.

            Although funding issues are still being debated, Mayor

Christopher Taylor sees great potential in bringing back the Healthy Streets initiative, saying, “I am hopeful, as this moves forward, we’ll take steps to realize the promise of the Healthy Streets program. I’m glad we’re getting a head start on it now.”

            More than 70 percent of pedestrian and cyclist survey respondents used at least one of the newly-configured spaces and reported a greater sense of comfort and security, according to a city report.

For more information, visit a2dda.org.