Streetscape Topics

Contents

• Streetscape Design
• Pedestrian Amenities
• Green Alleys
• Green Streets
• Street Furniture
• Beautification
• Public Art and the Streetscape
• MRSC Related Pages
  • Arts and Cultural Programs
  • Design Guidelines for Transportation Corridors
  • Methods of Obtaining Streetscape Improvements
  • Street Banners
  • Street Trees

Streetscape Design

• Historic Downtown Main Streets: Strategies for Compatible Streetscape Design ( 2.86 MB), compiled and presented by Rosalind Keeney and Julie Osborne, Oregon Department of Transportation
• Sidewalk Area Design ( 3.32 MB) in Main Street: When a Highway Runs Through It -Oregon State Department of Transportation
• Streetscape Improvements: Enhancing Urban Roadway Design, TDM Encyclopedia, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
• Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design ( 9.57 MB) Summary Document ( 1.19 MB) Washington, Washington State Department of Transportation, April 2005
• Context Sensitive Design
  • Context Sensitive Solutions: Thinking Beyond the Pavement - Federal Highway Administration
  • Context Sensitive Solutions - CalTrans Division
  • ContextSensitiveSolutions.org - This Resource Center was created by Project for Public Spaces in collaboration with Scenic America to assist the Federal Highway Administration in accomplishing one of its Vital Few Strategies - the integration of context sensitive solutions (CSS) into project planning, development, and implementation in all 50 states by September 2007
  • Context Sensitive Street Design ( 689 KB), prepared by the Urban Design Collaborative, Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)
• Local Government Examples
  • Austin, Texas Downtown Great Streets
    • Introduction to Streetscape Elements and Standards ( 521 KB)
  • Baltimore Clean, Safe, Beautiful Initiative- Lists Contents of Baltimore Streetscape Guidelines Manual  ( 5.4 MB)
  • Guelph, Ontario Downtown Guelph Public Realm Streetscape Manual (1.58 MB), prepared by the Landplan Collaborative, Ltd, 2001
  • Kirkland Pedestrian Oriented Elements ( 5.38 MB) in Kirkland Design Guidelines for Pedestrian-Oriented Business Districts, 2004 
  • Seattle Streetscape Design Guidelines, Chapter 6: Seattle Right of Ways Improvement Manual
  • Sumner Streetscape Elements ( 5.1 MB) in Urban Design Concept Plan and Design Development Guidelines, 2003
  • Tacoma Downtown Streetscape Study and Design Concepts ( 3.22 MB), April 2003

Pedestrian Amenities

• Create a Thriving Business District: A Guide to City and Neighborhood Business District Resources, City of Seattle Office of Economic Development, 2007 - Covers lighting, street furniture, public art, bicycle racks, street trees and other.
• Pedestrian and Streetscape Guide ( 3.87 MB), Sponsored by the Georgia Department of Transportation, prepared by Otak, Inc 2003 on BikeWalk.org
• Project for Public Spaces (PPS) - A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities.
  • PPS Image Collection - Includes amenities and elements
  • What Makes a Successful Place?

Green Alleys

• From Utility to Amenity: Greening the Alleys of Los Angeles, by Nate Berg,   Planetizan, January 22, 2009
• Turning Alleys into Neighborhood Spacees, New Urban News, January-February 2009 - MRSC Library Loan 
• Chicago Green Alleys - Chicago Department of Transportation
  • Chicago Green Alley Handbook: An Action Guide to Create a Greener, Environmentally
    Sustainable Chicago ( 3.65 MB)
• Los Angeles  - LA Project Website -  USC Center for Sustainable Cities
  • How to Lead an Alley Revitalization Project: A Guide ( 2 MB), Edith Ben-Horin, Rebecca Drayse, Chris Imhoff, the Center for Sustainable Cities and  the TreePeople, November 2008
  • Bringing L.A.'s Alleys Out of the Shadows, By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2008
  • LA's Green Alleys: How many of the city's 12,300 byways can be rehabbed? ( 1.43 MB), by Nate Berg, Planning, June 2009  - Center for Sustainable Cities'

Green Streets

• Vancouver, B.C. - Green Streets Program
• Launching The Green City Strategy (Philadelphia) - Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
• Portland Green Streets Program - Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
• Portland Metro Green Streets - Stormwater management  - links to handbooks
• Seattle Design Guidelines/Implementation Process for Designated Green Streets ( 480 KB)- SDOT Rule 93-4
• Street Trees - MRSC

Street Furniture

• Boston Coordinated Street Furniture Program
• Toronto’s Coordinated Street Furniture Program
• Seattle Sign Kiosks in Right-of-Way - Department of Transportation
• Vancouver, BC Street Furniture & Amenities in Vancouver - Engineering Services - Streets
  

Beautification

• America in Bloom Program
  • Sequim in Bloom
• Beautification Commissions
  • Grandview Municipal Code Chapter 2.34 -Beautification Commission
  • Mill Creek Arts and Beautification Board
    • Mill Creek Municipal Code Chapter 4.30- Art/Beautification Advisory Board
  • Port Angeles Parks Recreation and Beautification Commission
• Columbus, Missouri - Adopt-A-Spot Beautification Program
• Edmonds Flower Program
• Volunteer Programs (Nonprofits and Citizens)
  • Edmonds in Bloom
  • Sultan is Blooming Beautiful - GRIT Website - Citizen volunteer mainstreet project in Sultan WA
  • Woodland in Bloom 

Public Art and the Streetscape

• The Enterprise of Process: Notes on Planning for Public Art, by Marc Pally - National Endowment of the Arts Resources: Lessons Learned: A Planning Tool Resource
• Greater Cleveland Transportation Authority Master Art Plan for Euclid Corridor Transportation Project ( 1.85 MB)
• Klamath Falls Oregon A Public Art Plan for Downtown Klamath Falls, Oregon ( 890 KB)
• Los Angeles CRA/LA Art Program - Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles
• Scottsdale Road Improvements - Scottsdale (Arizona) Public Art
• Seattle Department of Transportation Art Plan
• Vancouver, B.C. Public Art Program - Office of Cultural Affairs
  • Carrall Street Greenway