PARK & GOODALE INTERSECTION

The Vision Plan seeks to restore Goodale Street as a key piece of the parks infrastructure. By closing Goodale Street to through traffic this resolves the highly dangerous intersection of Goodale Street and the I-670 offramp. Key elements such as the creation of a vegetated roundabout, rain garden medians to create a boulevard condition, and the activation of parklets will serve as a more fitting threshold condition to Columbus’ oldest park. The amount of parking spaces will be comparable to its present capacity and will be equipped with vegetated medians as well as turnaround and drop-off points.

Goodale Street And Parklets

The streetscape on Goodale Street is currently vast and unwelcoming to pedestrians. The transformation of this street into a ‘no-outlet’ drive would include head-in parking along the entire route while also opening up the southeast corner of the park by removing existing meters. Rain garden medians will collect water run-off from the street, slow traffic, and scale down the streetscape for pedestrian comfort. The vision plan also utilizes the unused spaces of the Cap, transforming them into parklets in order to activate this neighborhood gateway.