RECLAIMING THE ROADS OF THE BALLAD A s s i m A l b aw | Ya z a n R a s h e d | Aw s A b u s a l a h | Fa ra h N s o u r | Ta i m a A l r a f a y i a Year: 2022 Location: Amman, Jordan Category: Urban Design Role: Group Work
Project Description The project aims to develop the downtown area “Quraysh Street, King Talal Street and Al Hashemi Street” through transit-oriented development (TOD) and strategies of sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP). Site Assessment notes Poor sustainable transportation planning. Low engaging of the locals with the decision making. A questionnaire has been done in the Downtown of Amman and these are the issues the locals have highlighted in the area.
What is the problem? How Amman is a frozen city in time where the buildings stay the same, the systems stay the same with just little changes. This may have given Amman’s Downtown the identity throughout the years but the world is developing in a rapid pace and the Downtown has to adapt to that change to meet the technological and sustainable standards in 2022. The Ballad’s roadways have long been ruled by automobiles; it’s time for a change to give the people control of these roads once again. Transit oriented development is the solution for all these problems. Methodology Our plan is to offer the public a strong transportation network in the downtown that serves the city center individually and connects with the transportation terminals. Therefore, automobiles traffic will be reduced radically and the spaces for cars will be redesigned to enhance walkability and other modes of transportations like e-scoters, bicycles and public busses.
Congestion
User experience for pedestrians
Confusing internal transportation in the Downtown
