74 FALL 2012
NORTHSIDE DRIVE [THE GRAND TRANSIT BOULEVARD] This comprehensive studio focused on transforming a five mile stretch of Northside Drive from a dismal, disorganized, and underperforming corridor into a grand transit boulevard. By upgrading Northside Drive into a fully functional multi modal corridor for cars, transit, bikes, and pedestrians and incorporating funding for community benefits and watershed improvement strategies, students explored the corridors potential for dissolving the east-west divide that for decades has walled off the low and mid-wealth neighborhoods to the west from the robust Downtown and Midtown centers to the east. The project proposes a consistent baseline cross-section for the corridor, including four travel lanes, two variable use lanes, bike lanes, lighted and landscaped sidewalks, and planted medians where right-of-way and adjacent use conditions permit. The primary goals of these additions to Northside Drive are reducing design speeds, eliminating slip ramps, tightening turn radii, and better accommodating bikes and pedestrians while at the same time considering the cultural character of the area.
INSTRUCTORS Michael Dobbins RESEARCH ASSISTANT Guanying Li
Amy Ingles Lydia Kalinke Josh Levin Sarah McColley Eric Phillips Landon Reed James Wong Wunwun Zhang
STUDENTS Joel Anders Tanya Bedward Stefanie Brodie Lauren Cardoni Margaret Carragher Rachel Cox Aaron Gooze Garrett Hyer