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DESIGN Traffic & Street Improvements STREET IMPROVEMENTS PRINCIPLES The Turnpike System has a set of physical components that help define the route, allow for multiple kinds of transportation to work together, and develop material goals that work as wayfinding. Also, as a system, the components support one another in a cohesive way, but must also adapt to its specific location and conditions. Each layer of markings help to define the edges of one type of movement from the other. The sidewalks function like a continuous ribbon that connects pedestrians clearly to crosswalks. The spaces between the sidewalk and the street edge is a buffer area is where lighting, trees, newspaper racks, utilities and signage are located. The bicycle system is either located on the sidewalk as a cycle track to avoid putting cyclists between parked and moving cars, or are on the street where there is no parking. The components also use a color coded system on signage, lighting and curb edges where appropriate, to define a wayfinding system. To follow a turnpike is easy-- just look for a colorful turnpike sign, point yourself towards downtown and you will end up on Main Street on a route that people have used for nearly two hundred years. The Turnpikes give residents and visitors something that, from day to day, is both useful and full of historic meaning. The follow design principles govern the development of the turnpike systems, see also Sidewalk Ribbon concept, page 100: Crosswalk Intersection distances are minimized to decrease pedestrian and car conflict areas. Wayfinding A color wayfinding system, including paving and signage, is added to make it easy to locate yourself and find Main Street. Signage Signs have two options: a full street sign in the color of the turnpike with each turnpike having a distinctive color and a “top hat” version that could be added to existing street signs if they have already been replaced. Lighting New energy efficient pedestrian-oriented lighting would be added to the turnpike routes that would consist of Dark Sky approved lamp-types and fixtures. Fixtures would reflect a historic character appropriate to the height of the commercial era of downtown Pawtucket. Trees Low maintenance plantings and permeable paving are added wherever possible in the space between the sidewalk and the roadway. One Way Traffic Conversion One way street segments are reconfigured into two ways streets. On Street Parking Enhancement Any changes to the streets must be on street parking neutral and, wherever possible, positive. On street parking is encouraged. 56 PDDP DESIGN
Turnpike system attributes BRANDED SIGNAGE TREES BUFFER SPACE BIKE LANE COLOR CODING LIGHTING CYCLE TRACK AT ON STREET PARKING LOCATIONS SIDEWALK BIKE LANE TRAVEL LANE TRAVEL LANE PARKING CYCLE TRACK SIDEWALK Bicycle Rider Provisions Bicycles are an important form of travel along the turnpikes and are given special protection from motorized vehicles. Bicycle priority can be designated in the following ways: • if there is no on street parking and roadway width permits it, bike lanes are added. • If the roadway is too narrow, sharrows are a last resort • if there is on street parking or a bus stop, a cycle track is added at the level of the sidewalk with a 1.5 foot minimum buffer space between parked cars and the track edge. PDDP FINAL REPORT 57
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION VISI
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P P P P P P EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pawtu
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STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS
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DESIGN Landscape LANDSCAPE PLAN GOA
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DESIGN Landscape TREE ORDINANCE GOA
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DESIGN Regulatory Framework The PDD
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STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION
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EAST AVENUE EXTENSION - SHORT-TERM
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