Smart Design with Communities in Mind

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• Smart Design with Communities in Mind

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Our Work
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Outline

• You are your streets
• Introduction to urban CSS principles

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You Are Your Streets

• Smart Design with Communities in Mind

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You Are Your Streets

• Elements of the street
• Threads in the fabric
• Matching function to design
• Streets as addresses

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Elements of the Street

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Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Design Tutorial
Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Boulder
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Boulder
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Victor, ID
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Design Tutorial
Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Winter Park, Fl
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Boulder
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Boulder
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Longmont
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Design Tutorial
Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Kailua
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Kailua
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Kailua
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Design Tutorial
Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Aurora
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Portland
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Winter Park, Fl
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Boulder
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Design Tutorial
Elements of the Street
1. Street Wall
2. Pedestrian Realm
3. Overhead Area
4. Vehicle Realm
5. Subsurface Area
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Threads in the Fabric

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Newbury, Boston
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St. Louis region
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Tusayan, AZ
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Pasadena, CA
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Pleasanton, CA
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Lakewood, CO
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Lakewood, CO
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Boulder
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Longmont
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Brooklyn
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Portland
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You cant design a street like this
Oahu
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and expect this to result.
Boulder
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Urban Scale
H / W ratio
Height
Width
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Urban Scale
32 Height to Width Ratio
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Houston
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Urban Scale
11 Height to Width Ratio
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Portland, ME
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Urban Scale
12 Height to Width Ratio
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Santa Cruz, CA
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Flagstaff, AZ
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Urban Scale
14 Height to Width Ratio
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Boulder, CO
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Pleasanton, CA
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Pleasanton, CA
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Urban Scale
15 Height to Width Ratio
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Aurora, CO
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St. Louis Region
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Matching Function to Design

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MOBILITY
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Mobility Elements
Travel
Circulation
Access
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Facilities
Travel
Circulation
Access
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Built for
Seattle
Redmond
travel
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Built for
Flagstaff
circulation
Redmond
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Portland
Built for
Boulder
circulation
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Built for
Boulder
Winter Park, Fl
access
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St. Louis Region
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The Street as Address

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Market St. San Francisco
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Copley Square, Boston
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Main St. Houston
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Introduction to Urban CSS

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Urban CSS Simplified

• CSS Principles
• Urban context
• Outcomes

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CSS Principles

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CSS Can be

• A planning process leading up to a project or a
  community plan
• A specific project that incorporates context
  sensitive design

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Core Principles

• Address stakeholder/community objectives
• Increase traveler safety
• Promote community livability
• Preserve environmental, scenic, aesthetic,
  historic, and/or natural resources
• Incorporate good urban design
• Provide lasting community value

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The Context in CSS

• Aesthetic
• Archeological
• Community
• Cultural
• Environmental
• Historic
• Recreational
• Scenic

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Related Concepts

• Complete Streets
• Active Living by Design
• Scenario Planning
• Smart Growth
• Sustainable Mobility

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Urban Context

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Regional Center
Town Center
Village Center
Transit Village
Source Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company
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CSS in Texas
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CSS Outcomes

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CSS Outcomes

• Economic vitality
• Rising property values
• Stable land use
• Neighborhood awareness
• Public support

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Anywhere, USA
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Newbury, Boston
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Two Kinds of Commercial/Mixed Use Streets Land
Use Economics
Pass-By Traffic Streets
Destination Streets
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Pass-By Traffic Streets

• Auto-oriented retail
• Gas, cigarettes, tires, fast food, cleaners,
  drive-through banks, grocery stores, convenience
  retail, liquor stores
• Low employment per square foot
• High parking turn over rate
• High traffic counts, but most of the traffic is
  pass-by, not generated by the land uses
• Low land value tax base

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Destination Streets

• Pedestrian-oriented retail
• Apparel stores, book stores, specialty retail
• Destination restaurants and bars
• Higher employment per square foot
• Lower parking turn over rate
• Lower traffic counts, but much of the traffic is
  actually generated by the land uses
• High land value tax base

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Anywhere, USA
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Berkeley, CA
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RTP Goals
Coordinated planning
Improved access
Regional Transportation Plan
Healthier environment
More transit
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Paradigm Shift

• Reduced Congestion
• Reduced Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
• Reduced Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) Trips

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Great Streets Resources

• Book Great Streets by Alan Jacobs
• Web Sites
• St. Louis (East-West Gateway COG)
  www.greatstreetsstlouis.net
• APA www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/index.ht
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• Great Streets
  http//www.greatstreets.org/

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Savannah
Miami Beach
New York
Northampton
Santa Fe
Chicago
St. Louis
Richmond
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Thanking You
www.charlier.org