Pedestrian street design

The Deep Ellum Foundation Moves Forward With Plans To Turn Crowdus Street Into A Pedestrian Plaza By 2023 -- But Who Exactly Asked For That?

Argyle Street is Chicago’s first ‘shared street’, creating a plaza-like feel by raising the street and eliminating curbs. The innovative streetscape includes unit pavers that delineate sidewalks at street level, and features sidewalk planters, bike racks, and large pedestrian areas that allow for sidewalk cafes, gathering, and interacting.

Introduction The Creative Corridor retrofits a four-block segment of an endangered downtown Main Street through economic development catalyzed by the cultural arts rather than Main Street’s traditi…

Pedestrian friendly street design

Commercial alleys, though often thought of as dirty or unsafe, can be designed to play an integral role in a downtown street network and improve the pedestrian realm in and around commercial areas. The design of commercial alleys should strive to balance their necessary utilitarian features with their place making potential. Recommendations Intersections between alleys…

Landscape architecture is playing the central role in the repositioning of an entire city by transforming its public realm. Over the next several years,…

The project will include wider sidewalks, improved traffic design, safer pedestrian crossings and various aesthetic improvements to the section of Green Street from Fourth Street to Neil Street.

thoughtfully integrates the corridor's railroad history by reclaiming and utilizing granite curbstones. The design creatively accommodates safety through the use of an elevated and protected lane, providing curb extensions and enhanced crosswalk markings for pedestrians, and utilizing curb extended boarding areas for transit users. with stormwater connected planting beds and an enhanced overall streetscape appearance.