my humps my humps my humps…

i’ve been thinking about our overpass project and it seems one of the bigger challenges to circulation is the traffic zooming down perkins road. it really makes crossing between the bars/restaurants difficult. (probably more so the longer you’ve been at aforementioned establishments.) so i was looking for more information about the design of intersections and i found some interesting video clips. it might be a bit more for the granola crowd, but i found interesting some of the ideas behind it: how people make a thruway a space you can inhabit, how roads become intersections of community instead of division…

intersection repair

there is a good webpage at the project for public spaces which gives some good traffic calming ideas.

1. diagonal parking

2. widen sidewalks/narrow streets

3. bulbs/chokers/neckdowns

4. raised medians

5. road humps/tables

6. pavement changes/rumble strips

**side note: parking day**

i also came across this cool idea- parking day in NYC. haven’t you always to stand with your bare feet in the grass on 6th ave in times square?

it’s a cool way to reappropriate car space for pedestrians. while perhaps not totally practical as implemented, the installation shows the benefit of designing small green spaces in the nooks and crannies of urban fabric. ..

“once in a while, everyone should stop and smell the roses.. even if they are fake.”

~ by agalinski on April 19, 2008.