Improve the Walkability from the Community to the Light Train Station
Project 2 _ East Durham LAR 502 _ Land Description Studio Laboratory Pro. Kofi Boon and Carla Delcambre Lan Luo Spring 2016
What’s Walkability? 15 minutes ¼ miles walking
East Durham Walk Score Walk Score
Transit Score
Bike Score
53
39
43
all daily needs by walking: food, shopping, education, parks, jobs, etc..
East Durham is the 7 th mostt walkable neighborho ood in n Durrham with 5673 3 residentts. East Durham has some public transporttatio on and does sn’tt have many bike lanes.
Complete Streets Sitting Areas ADA accessible
Sidewalks
Parking lots are relegated to the back.
Buffer parking planting
Lighting
Trees(shading)
Pedestrian design
Trash Can Bike Lane
Buildings are close to the street
the Light Train Station
as the final destination for people’s daily life needs
the Station
Half Mile Buffer
One Mile Buffer
The Site
Public Parks_ Green Spaces
Future Landuse
Road with the Sidewalks
4 Main Streets with the same direction to the light train station
Harvard Ave Ashe St Angier Ave E Pettigrew St
Proposed Sections Angier Ave
E Pettigrew St
Harvard Ave
Ashe St
Put shoppoing centers and public park on the way back home from the light train station
What it may look like in the future
Shopping
Park
Shopping