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DESIGN Public Parking Management development. A goal of 50% pervious paving is recommended by LEED Neighborhood Standards to reduce the heat island effect. This can be accomplished by using a variety of paving types that both offer an attractive surface for pedestrians and a durable surface for cars. Design: adding trees and vegetation With good landscape architecture practices, it is easy to increase areas of sustainable, low maintenance plantings and decrease areas of parking. This can be done through the addition of islands, mini-parks, “bump-ins” where the public sidewalk pushes plantings into parking areas as a buffer between moving cars on the public streets and parked cars in a public lot. It not only adds green to reduce the heat island effect and help water management, but makes the lot more amenable to and safer for pedestrians and encourages the reprogramming of the space for other purposes. Effectiveness Good for heat island reduction because it includes trees for shade and vegetative areas, but parking areas have to be larger to accommodate the same number of cars; Not ideal for water run-off since the non-vegetative areas are impervious. Applications High traffic areas Durability High Maintenance Increased from standard lot Aesthetics Looks like a parking lot with some landscape decoration Eco-paving: assembled units with large openings A variety of products are available that allow grass to grow through unit components so that a surface can be a combination of vegetation and ground stabilization. Some of these units are made of traditional masonry materials and other are made from recycled plastic components. The plastic cellular units, often called “turf blocks” or “grass pavers,” distribute the weight of traffic and prevent compression of the underlying soil and stabilize what looks like a continuous field of grass. Masonry units can be more easily seen and add to the overall aesthetic. Both exist as well proven systems that can handle large forces, such as fire engines, and offer a smooth surface in winter. Example products of this material type include: Grass-crete, Terrafirm Eco-grid, BodPave Porous Grass Paving Grids, and EZ Roll Grass Pavers. Effectiveness Best option for water-run off, Best option for heat reduction Applications Low traffic areas Durability Structure, high; plantings; medium Maintenance Increased from a standard lot Aesthetics High, Looks like a park 82 Porous surfaces: surfaces with small openings Traditional masonry units can be used with permeable joints for water to seep through. Because it is masonry, it has little effect on heat absorption rates, however, joints can be vegetated over time which has a minor effect. The benefit for masonry is that is a more appealing material which encourages the re-use of surface parking areas for other programs, such as cultural events, farmer’s markets, and vending. Examples of this material type include: Advanced Pavement Technology Aqua-Bric, Eco-Tek, Eurocobble, and Uni PDDP DESIGN
Eco-Stone. The most common materials for parking lots, concrete and asphalt can be done with new techniques and types so that they are porous. This does not affect heat island reduction, but it does help significantly with water run off. More information can be found at the websites of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Effectiveness Good option for water-run off, permeability can decrease over time with sand infiltration; does not help heat reduction Applications High traffic areas Durability High Maintenance Same as a standard lot Aesthetics Masonry: high aesthetic value; Porous concrete or asphalt: looks like a regular parking lot ANNUAL RAINFALL 55% EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION SOIL INFILTRATION 17% RUNOFF UNDISTURBED CYCLE 28% BASE FLOW ANNUAL RAINFALL 5% EVAPORATIVE LOSS REDUCED INFILTRATION THROUGH COMPACTED SOILS DISTURBED CYCLE PDDP FINAL REPORT 95% RUNOFF 0% INFILTRATION 83
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26 May 2011 City of Pawtucket Plann
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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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TURNPIKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS and tree
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INTRODUCTION EXISTING CONDITIONS Th
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WEST AVE. PINE ST. ST. CT. ST. REET
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Greenspace Sidewalks are the primar
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Downtown does not have a traffic am
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cars there all day. This disrupts t
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INTRODUCTION CONCEPTS Rather than d
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Historic Turnpike Routes Valley Fal
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Segments of Turnpike Routes BROAD H
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Views of existing and proposed Main
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PROJECT 2 : TAKE THE EXCHANGE PDDP
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Page 37 and 38: PROJECT 3 : “P”ARKING The above
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Page 41 and 42: PROJECT 4 : ENJOY THE RIVERWAY The
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Page 45: CG PROJECT 5 USE DOWNTOWN GUIDANCE
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Page 50 and 51: MAIN Exchange Street Scope Priority
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Page 55: MAIN Scope of the PDDP Projects BRO
Page 58 and 59: DESIGN Traffic & Street Improvement
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Page 68 and 69: CONNECTION TO RE-ALIGNED PARK PLACE
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Page 88 and 89: Roosevelt Avenue Parking Lot RECOMM
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Page 94 and 95: DESIGN Bicycle & Transit Systems BI
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Page 100 and 101: TRANSIT SYSTEMS CONCLUSION Enhancin
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Page 106 and 107: Existing lighting conditions EXCHAN
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Page 120 and 121: STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS
Page 122 and 123: DESIGN Landscape LANDSCAPE PLAN GOA
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DESIGN Landscape PARK PLACE RE-ALIG
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LANDSCAPE CONCLUSION The PDDP team
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DESIGN Regulatory Framework The PDD
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Enhance design requirements The rev
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STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION
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Opportunities The City of Pawtucket
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ARTICULATE CHANGES IN FLOORS OR OTH
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These windows illustrate potential
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SIGN SIGN UNDESIRABLE The poor plac
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EAST AVENUE EXTENSION - LONG-TERM C
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EAST AVENUE EXTENSION - SHORT-TERM
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