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CHAPTER 6
<br /> 4.000.11000000440000:1"4.:400;W: S-3 Undertake a program to upgrade Connector Streets.
<br /> 0 � ,,ws-, , jN � ttit.Rit tl Connector Streets merit relatively high priority because they are likely
<br /> orptir �iaS %,c VOX!;,{?tF +, , <u pedestrian routes in downtown. Many of the Retail Streets, such as
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<br /> li, tR t i ' , x, ti� Hewitt, Colby and Rucker have already been improved or are also given a
<br /> 44446 '< " ���; k'g „,,f,,,,441:+ °1044 ” ; high priorityfor improvement. Portions of the Connector Streets, such as
<br /> "�y° -�' , : t'-ii:',,,. , +* ,,,�ti ` "`f,hMlt /i��� o ' Mr eastern Wall Street have also been upgraded recently but other portions
<br /> , p� � �� , ,+3„"a� 01 „ are in need of improved sidewalks, street amenities, and landscaping.
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<br /> ,,,70,,,,,.;;;,,v,,,..,.MS-4 Implement a downtown Street Tree Program.
<br /> .,,. 4,.,yrt ', �,,` Cy Paumier of the Urban Land Institute has noted that street trees are
<br /> one of the best public realm improvements a city can make. A
<br /> Figure 79. Participants in the public work coordinated program with an annual budget would be a practical and
<br /> sessions recommended extending Hewitt
<br /> Avenue median and improvements west to the effective way to implement this measure. The highly visible Gateway
<br /> waterfront. Streets are high priority candidates for unifying street tree plantings.
<br /> S-5 Implement over time the street improvements recommended in
<br /> Table 3 but not otherwise noted in S-1 through S-4 above.
<br /> There are numerous ways to fund and implement these projects. The
<br /> City could require street improvements as part of new development (or,
<br /> The greatest urban spaces are street as recommended in the Land Use section, as a bonusable action to
<br /> corners. . . . As a general rule, 100 percent achieve greater height and bulk). Or, sidewalks and landscaping might
<br /> conversations are spotted most often at the be done as a small part of other in-street work, such as utilities
<br /> busiest crossroads locations. . . . Of 133 improvements. Some streets, such as Wetmore, may merit a complete
<br /> conversations we mapped over several days, improvement project, while others might be done on an incremental basis.
<br /> 57 percent were concentrated in the highest-
<br /> traffic locations. [Emphasis added.] Street trees, relighting, and extended sidewalks at intersections (curb
<br /> William Whyte: The City bulbs) are particularly valuable spot improvements when a full street
<br /> reconstruction is too costly. Curb bulbs are especially valuable,
<br /> particularly where there is heavy pedestrian traffic, because they not only
<br /> increase safety, they add space at street corners, where, as William
<br /> Whyte has pointed out, there is a lot of activity.
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