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| 1) Present conditions 2) Possible Ways to attract pedestrians How can Fort Lauderdale make its streets more friendly or inviting to pedestrians? Photos of City Place Click to see the efforts made to protect pedestrians in cities in Caribbean See Tony Abbate's Photos Europe Bogota Havana Asia FRIENDLY STREETS PHOTOS of Other Cities 1) Present conditions Fifity years ago, Las Olas Blvd. looked like this: awnings, overhangs to protect walkers four-stories to give additional shade and a "U" shape to the road's cross-section. Plenty of shade if you wanted to find it. 2) Possible Ways to attract pedestrians At Crosswalks, put up "pergolas" (protection from rain) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Pergola in Seattle, 95 years ago) Put up protection against sun The concrete roof of McFatter School >>>>>>> (Davie, Florida) The fabric sail next to the concrete roof. These "sails" are installed at McFatter School in Davie, Florida. The hooks and elastic band that stretch in the wind. Pergolas (protection at corners or where pedestrians need to wait for the light to change before crossing the street or waiting for a bus)... Here are some arcades in City Place >>>> Good protection against sun and rain. Imagine if pedestrians had better signs to look at and use? This sign is located at a corner of City Place in West Palm Beach. Note "Fountain Plaza" as a landmark. Here are some drawings to give the viewer an idea of possible new futures. Drawing 1: Arcades and awanings to protect a wider sidewalk on both sides. Original street could have been 4 lanes and now it is reduced to two lanes >>>>>>>>>> Drawing 2: The tram in the picture could be a shuttle on SW Second Street, running from Federal west to the Performing Arts Center. The fixed guideway vehicle (it's just a concept) could shuttle between parking garages. The wider sidewalk would have trees for shade and the buildings (built with arcades) would provide additional shelter to pedestrians. Two lanes of traffic remain open to cars. Drawing 3: Notice the ample area for pedestrians under shade of trees, awning and arcade. The buildings on both sides of the street could wrap around garages. The garages could be paid for in part with transit dollars (Federal and State) to encourage transit use. The idea is to give drivers a reason or many reasons to park their cars near the downtown and then walk. Potential locations are at Sunrise Blvd and Federal (near Searstown), Here is an aerial photo showing six potential parking garage (red stars) locations north of Sistrunk (NE 6th Street), just west of Federal Highway. The curved red line on the left side of the photo is the FEC railway. The dashed yellow line is a proposed transit route. The parking garages (red stars) would be wrapped with liner buildings to give retail on the ground floor and office and residences (apartments) on the upper floors. Potential parking garages (red stars) near NE 1st Street (horizontal dashed line) west of Federal highway (vertical dashed line on right side of photo) |
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| Corner of Federal Highway and Broward Blvd. |
| Havana with awnings and balconies. |
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| Imagine a pergola at Broward and U.S. 1, NW corner. |
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| No protection at Broward and U.S. 1, NW corner. |
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| Third Avenue north of Broward 5 lanes across. Imagine only 3 lanes with a transit corridor, 4-story buildings on both sides of the street, wider sidewalks, arcades or awnings as protection for the pedestrians... Like this view of City Place |
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| Federal Highway U.S. 1 |
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