The WestConn students organized the roughly 1.5-mile walk last Wednesday afternoon to study walkability and transit-oriented development in the vicinity of the Metro-North train station on Patriot Drive. More than 40 people participated in the walk, which was organized with support from pro-home advocacy group Desegregate Connecticut. Observations made during her students’ walk audit appear to align with the city’s transit-oriented development plan, which calls for sidewalk improvements and relocating the bus station from Kennedy Avenue to a site adjacent to the train station to create the Danbury Transit Center. The first phase of the city’s streetscape upgrades is complete, but a second phase is planned to improve sidewalks on Main Street, near the train station and other areas. In addition to walkability around Danbury’s train station, the walk audit focused on ways in which the area can be more transit-oriented, and Hegel said a lack of transit-connectedness stood out.
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