Master Plan October 2011 - Pacific Lutheran University

DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
The core of the campus is primarily car-free, with the exception of the occasional shared use of
walkways by service and emergency vehicles. The compact nature of the campus and limitation
of cars within the campus core helps contribute to a quality pedestrian environment and a
feeling of refuge once you enter the campus. The 40-plus foot hillside that runs east-west
through the campus adds a unique quality to the campus landscape, but presents a physical
barrier that provides limited access between the buildings located on the top of the hillside and
those directly south at the lower elevation. At night this can feel unsafe. Another weakness in
the pedestrian network is the lack of connections from the perimeter parking lots to the campus
core, and across 124th Street South in the lower campus. Some of the crossings can be unsafe
and the University is working hard to get the county to allow needed improvement within public
rights-of-way.
November 2011
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