Woonerf, La Rambla, Park Blocks and Main Street
Since there's been a lot of talk about returning and not returning cars to Main Street, I decided to help visualize various suggestions.
Woonerf.
A woonerf is what Jeff Speck's suggested for Main Street. A woonerf, where vehicular traffic is integrated with pedestrian activity, is not the return of pre-1974 Main Street. In fact part of Speck's point was that it would be not much different than the present state, where vehicles already travel down Main by special purpose (trolley, police, carriage) or by accident. Which is why it would only cost $50,000.
This is what our de facto woonerf looks like.
Cars on Main Woonerf would travel the same paths that the trolley travels.
La Rambla.
Suggested by the Pesky Fly.
Portland's Park Blocks.
Suggested by k. irène.
Woonerf.
A woonerf is what Jeff Speck's suggested for Main Street. A woonerf, where vehicular traffic is integrated with pedestrian activity, is not the return of pre-1974 Main Street. In fact part of Speck's point was that it would be not much different than the present state, where vehicles already travel down Main by special purpose (trolley, police, carriage) or by accident. Which is why it would only cost $50,000. This is what our de facto woonerf looks like.
Cars on Main Woonerf would travel the same paths that the trolley travels. La Rambla.
Suggested by the Pesky Fly.
Portland's Park Blocks.
Suggested by k. irène.Labels: architecture, Barcelona, downtown, La Rambla, Main Street, Memphis, Park Blocks, Portland, urban planning, walkable, woonerf
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