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PROJECT PARTNER(S)
recognizeSeattle principalDepartment authorsof Transportation with orSeattle stewardsDepartment of thePlanning and placeDevelopment
WEINSTEIN orA|U
Gustufson projectGuthrie Nichol Ltd
SvR Designs
EnviroIssues
LOCATION
Terry avenue, Seattle, WA
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
Woonerf, Sidewalk, Porous pavement
DESCRIPTION
The Terry Avenue North street-design guidelines, which cover a six-block stretch linking downtown to Lake Union, radically depart from the standard American approach to traffic design. Instead of segregating vehicles and pedestrians, the project aims to encourage people to share a single travel lane with slow-moving cars. “We’re breaking some conventions here,” says Lyle Bicknell, the city’s urban-design project manager for Terry Avenue North.
The intent of these design guidelines is to take advantage of Terry Avenue North’s low vehicle use, location, width and history and to create a pedestrian oriented street in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
Two key principles guided the design team: visual continuity linking pedestrian and car zones, and a lateral rather than linear approach to how people will use the street. “You’re not walking along a channelized conduit for people alongside a channelized conduit for vehicles,” says landscape architect Shannon Nichol, founding partner of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol and a consultant on Terry Avenue North. “You’re walking through a series of spaces that extend across the whole width of the street.”
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• Is safe for pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles
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• trees”),Is stand-alonedurable nativeand canopymaintainable
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• Allows for incremental development
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CREATE A GREAT PLACE THAT...
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• ofMakes natural systems both eclecticmultifunctional disorder. and visible where possible
• Uses sustainability in materials and systems
PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS
LESSONS LEARNED
what can we learn from this place? you could address issues of performance, funding, maintenance, interpretation, aesthetics, anything...
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
links, other sources of info aboutTerry thisAvenue caseguidelines studyPDF
recognizeSeattle principalDepartment authorsof Transportation with orSeattle stewardsDepartment of thePlanning and placeDevelopment
WEINSTEIN orA|U
Gustufson projectGuthrie Nichol Ltd
SvR Designs
EnviroIssues
LOCATION
Terry avenue, Seattle, WA
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
Woonerf, Sidewalk, Porous pavement
DESCRIPTION
The Terry Avenue North street-design guidelines, which cover a six-block stretch linking downtown to Lake Union, radically depart from the standard American approach to traffic design. Instead of segregating vehicles and pedestrians, the project aims to encourage people to share a single travel lane with slow-moving cars. “We’re breaking some conventions here,” says Lyle Bicknell, the city’s urban-design project manager for Terry Avenue North.
The intent of these design guidelines is to take advantage of Terry Avenue North’s low vehicle use, location, width and history and to create a pedestrian oriented street in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
Two key principles guided the design team: visual continuity linking pedestrian and car zones, and a lateral rather than linear approach to how people will use the street. “You’re not walking along a channelized conduit for people alongside a channelized conduit for vehicles,” says landscape architect Shannon Nichol, founding partner of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol and a consultant on Terry Avenue North. “You’re walking through a series of spaces that extend across the whole width of the street.”
ContinuousCREATE brickA orFUNCTIONAL concreteRIGHT-OF-WAY paversTHAT...
• willAllows helpall defineof the entireexisting streetand aspotential pedestrianland friendly.uses, Insteadincluding their associated access, loading and parking
• Accommodates all modes of transportation including the kindsproposed ofstreetcar
• evenlyPromotes spacedlow treesvehicle thatspeeds and discourages through traffic
• Is safe for pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles
• Is traditionallyaccessible linefor all streetspeople, (Bainincluding callsthose themwith “lollipopdisabilities
• trees”),Is stand-alonedurable nativeand canopymaintainable
• treesIncorporates suchutilities asefficiently Douglasand firin andwesterna redway cedarthat will actaccommodate future needs
• Allows for incremental development
• Provides a balance between right-of-way functions with environmental priorities
CREATE A GREAT PLACE THAT...
• Retains a asunique grandcharacter focalbased points.on Angledits parking,history, creepingindustrial grounduses, cover,topography and theviews
• streetcarEmphasizes willpedestrians, and reinforceamenities anfor atmospherepedestrians
• ofMakes natural systems both eclecticmultifunctional disorder. and visible where possible
• Uses sustainability in materials and systems
PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS
LESSONS LEARNED
what can we learn from this place? you could address issues of performance, funding, maintenance, interpretation, aesthetics, anything...
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
links, other sources of info aboutTerry thisAvenue caseguidelines studyPDF
