StreetDesignProject: ExistingConditionsPart.3
SustainableTransportation&CitiesCourse
Spring2023
JuneBee
SkylerLyu
DanielLee
EnvironmentData
Inthislastsection,wegatherenvironmentaldataofweatherand earth(vegetation)andlistedeveryintersectionseparatelytohavea moredetailedideaofwhattheenvironmentalhealthoftheareaas awhole.Informationinthissectionenablesustoevaluatehowto designthestreetwithsustainablesolutionsthathasresistanceto futurenaturalevents.
Stormwatercatchbasin
Thestormwatercatchbasindatafor the3rdAvestreetintersectionsshows thatthenumberofcatchbasins varies,indicatingdifferentlevelsof floodrisk.Intersectionswithahigher numberofcatchbasins,suchas Atlantic,Butler,andUnion,areata higherriskoffloodingandhavemore mitigationmeasuresinplace.In contrast,intersectionswithalower numberofcatchbasins,suchas BergenandSackett,areatarelatively lowerriskofflooding.Thenumberof catchbasinsatmostintersectionsis moderate,suggestingamoderate leveloffloodrisk.
Trees
Thisisthetotalspeciesoftreesoursitehas
AtlanticAve-StormwaterCatch
NumberofStormwatercatchbasinsacross4blocks-4
St.MarksPl-Stormwatercatchbasin
WarrenSt-Stormwatercatchbasin
BalticSt-Stormwatercatchbasin
NumberofStormwatercatchbasinsacross4blocks-5
Butlerst-Stormwatercatchbasin
NumberofStormwatercatchbasinsacross4blocks-5
Douglass-Stormwatercatchbasin
Sackettst-Stormwatercatchbasin
NumberofStormwatercatchbasinsacross4blocks-5
UnionSt-Stormwatercatchbasin
NumberofStormwatercatchbasinsacross4blocks-6
Inthissection,wehaveincludedadetailedplanandsectionviewofourstreetcorridor.This includesinformationonthecurbline,sidewalks,pavementmarkings,medians,busstops,subway andcommuterrailentrancelocations,buildinglines,vegetation/treelocations,streetfurniture, stormwatergrates,streetlights,signals,elevatedtracksorroadways,andcolumnlocationsfor elevatedstructures.Wehavealsoprovidedmeasurementsfortheroadway(curbtocurb),lane widths,sidewalkwidths,curbradii,andsidewalkchokepointwidth,aswellasthestreetnames andlabels/calloutsoffeatures.Additionally,wehaveincludedanortharrowandscale,anda key/legendtointerpretthefeatures.
FigureA13rdAve&AtlanticAve.conditionplan
FigureA23rdAve&PacificSt.conditionplan
DeanSt. 4.1/ BergenSt.
FigureA33rdAve&DeanSt.conditionplan
FigureA43rdAve&BergenSt.conditionplan
SaintMarksPlSt.
FigureA53rdAve&SaintMarksPlSt.conditionplan
FigureA63rdAve&WarrenSt.conditionplan
FigureA73rdAve&BalticSt.conditionplan
FigureA83rdAve&ButlerSt.conditionplan
DouglassSt. 4.1/ DegrawSt.
FigureA93rdAve&DouglassSt.conditionplan
FigureA103rdAve&DegrawSt.conditionplan
FigureA113rdAve&SackettSt.conditionplan
FigureA123rdAve&UnionSt.conditionplan
Re-design
Thedesignproposalinvolvesrelocatingtheactiveindustrialzoneundergroundandconstructing residentialbuildingsabove.Bymovingindustrialoperationstothebasements,truckscanloadand unloadwithoutdisruptingtraffic.Aboveground,parkswouldreplacestreets,creatingagreen corridorfromtheGowanusCanaltoBarclaysCenter.
Theheavynorth-southtrafficwouldberedirectedtoFourthAvenue,whileThirdAvenuewould onlyhandleeast-westtraffic.ThedesignalsoproposesextendingthecanaltoflowintotheAtlantic Avenuetrainstation,providingaslower,morepeacefultransportationoption.Thiswouldbring additionalrecreationalandcommercialactivitiestotheneighborhood,enhancingconnections betweenBarclaysCenterandtheBoerumHillresidentialarea.
Theheavynorth-southtrafficwouldberedirectedtoFourthAvenue, whileThirdAvenuewouldonlyhandleeast-westtraffic.Thedesign alsoproposesextendingthecanaltoflowintotheAtlanticAvenuetrain station,providingaslower,morepeacefultransportationoption.This wouldbringadditionalrecreationalandcommercialactivitiestothe neighborhood,enhancingconnectionsbetweenBarclaysCenterand theBoerumHillresidentialarea.
Thedesignproposalinvolvesrelocatingtheactiveindustrialzoneundergroundandconstructingresidentialbuildingsabove.Bymovingindustrial operationstothebasements,truckscanloadandunloadwithoutdisruptingtraffic.Aboveground,parkswouldreplacestreets,creatingagreencorridor fromtheGowanusCanaltoBarclaysCenter.
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