Greater Akron’s regional planning agency, the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS), is partnering with Bath and Copley townships to find out what you think about, Montrose, the region’s largest retail district. AMATS is releasing a survey to gather public opinion on how area residents feel the Montrose area functions from a transportation and community development standpoint. The survey invites those that shop, work, and do business in the Montrose area to answer specific questions regarding walkability, signage, aesthetics and parking.
The survey may be found at this link: (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BetterMontrose)
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AMATS Director Jason Segedy said, “We want to find out what people think about the transportation system and the built environment in the Montrose area. It has long been identified as a trouble spot in terms of traffic congestion, but we are interested in diving a bit deeper into the experience that people have once they get out of their vehicle.” Segedy added, “We are interested in figuring out how to make the area friendlier to pedestrians, cyclists, and bus riders; and would also like to help Bath, Copley, and local business owners to give the area a stronger sense of place and more of a community feel, by improving the way that it looks and feels.”
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The survey is funded through an AMATS Connecting Communities Planning Grant which focuses on integrating land use and transportation planning decisions. Bath and Copley townships received the $50,000 grant in May to develop a plan which will focus on pedestrian improvements and visual aesthetics. The survey is meant to provide baseline data that will allow AMATS and its partners to begin to develop the plan.
AMATS and the townships expect the plan to be complete by next autumn and hope to use a combination of federal and local funds to implement the transportation recommendations in the plan. The survey is just one component of a robust public involvement process which will include social media, one-on-one meetings with business owners, and public forums that will be designed to engage residents, shoppers, and workers.