Better Boulevard Analytics

Details

• Creators:
  Gastil, Raymond W ; Kline, Jonathan ; Quick, Stephen L ; Tamburo, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bicycling
  • Case studies
  • Computer vision
  • Mobility
  • Towns
  • Urban design
  • Walkability
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Pennsylvania;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mobility21, Carnegie Mellon University
• Abstract:
  The study analyzes existing conditions, reports findings, and makes preliminary recommendations for how the boulevard, a streetcar suburb era Main Street, can become safer, and more equitable. The team’s approach included urban design and planning tools of literature review, engagement with community partners, and mapping, analysis, and design concept iteration, together with the techniques of camera installation and computer vision data analysis. Together, this information and analysis provided the basis for prioritized recommendations for improved opportunities for making more trips by walking, rolling, biking, and transit. Shaler’s pattern of a long, historic main street in a suburban residential context—often with a constricted roadway with limited space dominated by vehicular travel lanes and roadway shoulders–is a mobility and urban design case study relevant to numerous communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and nationally.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747111
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65997/dot_65997_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.73 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:16b1f8e3299507d9c4fb5fe7018ed28225fe2eb88e25b4f0ea3b0812c856a0d7de395f97cb5ac2c4a15e4c8bb8fbd4deb73908a634730e269f16dd47a978d7f1