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A PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST WALKWAY IS PROPOSED TO IMPROVE WAYFINDING TO NEARBY POINTS OF INTEREST. AN EXISTING BIKE-WAY MERGES WITH THE CORRIDOR, ALLOWING FOR A SEAMLESS TRANSITION.

BIOSWALES LINE EACH SIDE OF THE PEDESTRIAN-WAY, ABSORBING RAINWATER AND REMOVING CONTAMINANTS.

VACANT PARKING LOTS MAY BE REPURPOSED INTO RECREATIONAL GREEN SPACE. INTRODUCED GREENSCAPE HAS PHYTOREMEDIAL PROPERTIES WHILE ITS AESTHETICS IMPROVE NAVIGATION TO POINTS OF INTEREST THROUGH PLACEMAKING

DROP-OFF AREAS FOR AVS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED IN REFERENCE TO EXISTING MOVEMENT INFLUENCED BY THE METRO RAIL LINE AND STADIUM ENTRANCES.

A TEN-MINUTE WAITING TIME IS MONITORED TO ENCOURAGE CIRCULATION. AVES THAT ARE STILL WAITING ON A PASSENGER CAN SIMPLY LOOP BACK TO WAIT ONCE AGAIN.

PARK + RIDE AV ENUE

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PLANTINGS ALONG THE EASTERN CORRIDOR EDGE PRESENT A VIKING’S FOOTBALL-INFLUENCED COLOR SCHEME, GIVEN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE U.S. BANK STADIUM.

THESE PLANTS FORM AN ELONGATED RAIN GARDEN TO ASSIST WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

PARK + RIDE AV ENUE

A SMALL RESTING SPACE SITS ADJACENT TO THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE SOUTH PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR. PLANTINGS WITH PHYTOREMEDIAL PROPERTIES ARE SELECTED TO ABSORB CONTAMINANTS.

A HIERARCHY OF PLANT HEIGHTS CREATE AREAS THAT FEEL PRIVATE, WITHOUT BEING TOO ISOLATED.

THE CLOSEST PARK TO THE HIGHLIGHTED SITE IS FATHER HENNEPIN BLUFF

PARK, ONLY .25 MILES AWAY. WITHIN 5 MILES FROM THE SITE, ONE CAN

TRAVEL TO MOST OF THE PARKWAY. 2 AND 5 MILES ARE RELATIVELY

WALKABLE, MAKING HOLMES PARK A MAGNET LOCATION FOR BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS TRAVELING ALONG THE PARKWAY.