5th/6th Street Livability & Circulation Study
Relevant Plans & Guidelines
Highland Avenue Corridor Study
Concurrent with this planning process is the Highland Avenue Study. Highland Avenue intersects 6th Street at the southern entry into the University of Arizona. The Highland Avenue Study is also in a design study, as of July 2001, and is still in the process of development.
Based on presentations at the community open houses, the Highland Avenue plan is also recommending greater pedestrian and bicycle friendly designs with shade and safety issues taking priority. Currently they do not specifically address the intersection. There is nothing in these Guiding Principles that would conflict with potential enhancement or recommending general landscape improvements at this intersection.
University of Arizona 6th Street Urban Design Guidelines
The University of Arizona completed a 6th Street study in 1998. Six goals were developed during the planning & design process. Of the six goals, three are particularly relevant to these guiding principles:
- To create a pedestrian dominant street environment which is inviting, friendly, accessible, and safe.
- To incorporate ways to protect neighborhoods and the University of Arizona campus from traffic intrusion and noise.
- To plan for, encourage, and increase transit and bicycle use.
The conceptual design includes:
- Maintaining four vehicle travel lanes
- Maintain existing right-of-way, to the extent possible
- Addition of landscaped median
- Landscape planting area between the curb and sidewalk
- Pedestrian seating areas along the sidewalk
- No provisions for bike lanes along this segment of 6th Street
These landscape Guiding Principles do incorporate the last two design elements listed above. The first four elements are transportation issues and are not addressed in these recommended Guiding Principles.
