Downtown Mile Safety and Connectivity Improvement Project

The City of Flagstaff Downtown Mile is a key area for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, residents, visitors and business activity in a city growing by more than 1% every year. This project is an effort to design and construct projects to improve public safety, multimodal transportation, and rail improvements in the downtown area into one project. The 2019 City of Flagstaff Active Transportation Management Plan (ATMP) and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) Master Plan identified several crossings in the corridor in need of additional safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists. The improvements will help expand multimodal options for people traveling in and around downtown Flagstaff and make crossings safer and more efficient.

The City of Flagstaff is conducting the Downtown Mile Project in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

The project team will collaborate with the community to design and implement a comprehensive set of solutions by seeking and incorporating community plans and input. Public meetings and other opportunities for input will occur throughout the project.