main street training august 4
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Walkability and Main StreetsOklahoma Main Street TrainingAugust 4, 2015Ada, Oklahoma
OU Institute for Quality CommunitiesRon Frantz, AIA
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Institute for Quality Communities
The built environment is so important to the kind of future we want
to craft.”
OU President David L. Boren
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Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs
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First life, then spaces, then buildings. The other way around never works.” Jan Gehl
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It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.” William H. Whyte
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Streets have been the places where children first learned about the world, where neighbors met, the social centers of towns and cities…” Donald Appleyard
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Every time we change Oklahoma’s built
environment, there is an opportunity to enhance our health, social /es, and
economy.
iqc.ou.edu/projects
OKLAHOMA MAIN STREETSMeasuring streets around the state.
Main Street Right-‐of-‐Way
Main Street Right-‐of-‐Way
Narrowest
Tahlequah Muskogee Avenue
66’
Number of Lanes
Most main streets only have two lanes, but…
Width of Lanes
Lanes of 10’ to 11’ can
Calm traffic Reduce Collisions
Reduce the crossing distance
Parking
On-‐street parking helps business!
Traffic
The average Oklahoma main street carries
5,500 vehicles per day
Traffic Per Lane
The average lane on Oklahoma main streets carries
2,200 vehicles per day
Main Street/US-‐70 in Durant carries 7,000 cars per lane, per day
Randolph Avenue/US-‐64 in Enid carries 570 cars per lane, per day
Almost every main street could carry traffic through downtown
just fine with two lanes.
The busiest streets may need a leY turn lane, too.
Catering to fast-‐moving regional traffic degrades the main street experience for those who spend their /me and money in the
community.
Road Diets
Is it worth it to narrow or remove a lane of traffic to make cars flow more slowly along our most treasured, unique, interes/ng
streets?
WESTERN AVENUE A FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE URBAN LIFE
OKC WESTERN AVENUE
Vehicle Speeds
Max: 40 mph
Top 20%: 36 mph
Average: 31 mph
Vehicle Speeds
Max: 40 mph
Top 20%: 36 mph
Average: 31 mph
Vehicle Speeds
Max: 40 mph
Top 20%: 36 mph
Average: 31 mph
LOST SPACE
WESTERN PARKING ANALYSIS
Off-Street Parking: 564
On-Street Parking: 181
Total Parking: 745
WESTERN PARKING ANALYSIS
PARKING
PARKING
PARKING
PARKING
PARKING
PARKING ANALYSIS
UPTOWN 23rd Urban Environment Framework
How do you get to Uptown?
Do you visit more than one business?
STREET DESIGNDesign strategies to improve comfort and safety.
23rd and Blackwelder
23rd and Walker
Median Trade-off
TRANSPORTATION/MOBILITYHow people get around.
TodayAutomobile-Dominated
FutureBalanced and Multi-Modal
Bicycle Network
Public Transit
BUILDING FORM/DESIGNHow building design shapes the pedestrian experience.
Traditional Storefront Elements
Form vs. Style
Site Design
Site Design
Character
START NORMANArtists, non-profits, and OU students reuse an abandoned lumberyard and test a new design for Main Street.
WHAT’S TACTICAL URBANISM? Lighter, quicker, cheaper, experimental problem-solving for cities.
TACTICAL URBANISM
