2.SENSORY AUDIT: SAFER WALKING STREETS

Project Goal:

SITE: 34th Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens

CONCEPT: 34th Avenue is a mostly residential open street that promotes biking and walking, but even though open streets protect pedestrians from cars, cyclists and pedestrians can still engage in hazardous situations. This map represents the flow of slow walking pedestrians like the disabled, senior population and children compared to fast moving bycicles and motobikes. This map shows the sensory experience of the situations when fast moving traffic interferes with the slow moving traffic which results as tense and uncomfortable moments, and dangerous situations for both bikers and walkers. As well as the feeling of safety walking on spaces with enough lighting compared to ubstructed lighting due to tree coverage.

Motorbike yielding to pedestrians

Senior citizen walking in between children racing their bikes

Pedestrian doing physical therapy

School Zone

People gathering and bikes entering the park

People cautiosly crossing the street, yielding to bikes, cars and motocycles

Green Lawn

Furnishing zone

Bike Racks act as hub attracting bike and foot tra c

Child walking in between gardens to avoid bycicles

Wheelchair user (slow) between bikes

Pedestrian running next to delivery motocycle

25 mph