design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District

LOCAL ROADS
Design standards for Local Roads should give
dual priority to effi ciently moving motorized
traffi c through the urban and suburban
environment while providing safety and
security to non-motorized and pedestrian
traffi c.
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Install street trees to provide shade and
visual interest, and to ‘green’ the landscape
with additional vegetation.
Existing Site
EXISTING CONDITIONS
34 │ SCENARIOS
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Curb extensions and mid-block crosswalks
may be used to decrease road crossing
distances, as well as delineate on-street
parking zones.
Bicycle lanes and sidewalks should be
implemented to provide safe routes for a
variety of travel modes.
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Bio-infi ltration planters and permeable
pavements may be used to capture rainwater
runoff from impervious surfaces.
Neighborhood parks should be placed in
locations along the streetscape where users
are visibly connected to activity on the
street.
The existing Local Road corridor, Texas Avenue in
the City of Baytown, is an urban roadway where
the absence of enclosure of the street, which
could be provided by trees and parkways along
the street or sidewalk, creates a corridor that
favors the automobile over the pedestrian. Offstreet
parking occupies poorly utilized space that
would be better served by landscaping or other
visual enhancements.