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5th/6th Street Livability & Circulation Study
Transportation Features
The following elements were noted as important to both the CCAG members and participants at the Community Forums. These elements will directly affect the character of the corridor. They are being mentioned within these Guiding Principles as they are part of the overall framework for the corridor.
There were several repeated pictures from the CCAG members included as part of their visual assessment exercise that express elements of concern and need to be acknowledged. It is difficult to separate the landscape and visual definitions from the function of the corridor.
Roadways
- Residential streets should include traffic calming designs
- Include safety features for nighttime pedestrian and vehicular activity
- Provide innovative, safe crossing solutions in areas with pedestrian – vehicular conflicts
Medians
- Include addition of medians where possible to provide safer pedestrian refuge areas and also to create visual illusion of narrowing of paved surface
Bicycles
- Explore providing a contiguous east-west bike route along 5th/ 6th Street
Onsite & Street Parking
- Examine potential of on-street parking contributing toward greater pedestrian activity
- Curb extensions can assist to delineate distinct on-street parking areas
- Curb extensions also decrease crosswalk distance for pedestrians
Transit
- Promote transit transportation along this “Education Corridor”
