Detroit, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: A few walk audits will be conducted with community partner organizations. Meetings will review findings and explore solutions to pedestrian issues.

Dearborn, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Pedestrian Safety

Description: Near housing for older adults, crossings were hard to see at night and in bad weather, discouraging residents from walking and raising crash risk. The city installed flashing crosswalk signs at high-risk locations to improve visibility for drivers and pedestrians. Residents report feeling safer and more willing to walk to nearby destinations. The city will track before-and-after crash data and gather resident feedback, then use both to decide where to add safety upgrades next. The goal is targeted protection at crossings that residents adults rely on, supported by data and lived experience rather than broad claims of impact.

Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.