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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