MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WIFR) – A team wielding clipboards and Region 1 Planning Council t-shirts strolls around Harlem High School. The planners jot notes on the conditions of crosswalk paint, how students enter the building and the condition of bike racks.
“E-bike, no helmet,” comments one planner.
R1, a government-to-government agency based in Rockford, recently received about $500,000 from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The state grant allows for a regional study examining pedestrian and bicycle safety…