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Designing the Future Pedestrian Mall March 8, 2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- Welcome – Mayor Kimberley Driscoll • Background for tonight’s discussion ---PAGE BREAK--- The Big Picture • Tonight is the third in a series of meetings ---PAGE BREAK--- Objectives for Tonight • Design Presentation: – Review time management options for Essex Street – Review opportunities for greater urban connectivity in downtown Salem – Review design tools for shared street management – Review tools deployed on Essex Street in two design scenarios • Obtain your feedback – What design tools work best for Salem and for Essex Street? – How do you view increased urban connectivity? ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda for Tonight 6:30 Welcome, background, objectives, agenda and ground rules for tonight 6:40 Review of meeting #2 6:45 Design Presentation: Review time management and urban connectivity options, design tools, and scenarios 7:25 Feedback: What works best for Salem and Essex Street? 7:45 Summary and next steps 7:50 Feedback: Shared street time management options 8:00 Adjourn ---PAGE BREAK--- Ground Rules for Tonight • Be brief — no speeches — give others a chance to speak — time is not on our side • Stay on Topic — avoid side trips • Respect others’ contributions – no debates • Speak in turn — raise your hand to attract a microphone — we want to hear from everyone who wants to say something ---PAGE BREAK--- Last Month’s Meeting - Summary • We examined some “Great Places,” and generated ideas for making Essex Street even more of a “Great Place” New Road Brighton, England ---PAGE BREAK--- Last Month’s Meeting - Summary • Ideas centered around two main themes – Finding a better model for managing Essex Street as an already shared space in the larger context of Salem’s “urban fabric” – Improving look and feel through key strategies (public art, lighting, color, materials, canopies, furniture, fountains, events, etc.) ---PAGE BREAK--- Presentation – Urban Design & Essex Street • Shared Street Time Management: How “shared” should Essex Street should be? • Urban Connectivity: How could Essex Street be better integrated into Salem’s urban fabric? • Design tools: Strategies for managing a shared street • Design Scenarios: Design tools deployed on Essex Street – two scenarios ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Time Management How “shared” should Essex Street be? ---PAGE BREAK--- Essex Street Daily Vehicular Use Essex Street is already a shared street - delivery and emergency vehicle usage. ---PAGE BREAK--- Seasonal Activity While peak event season and pedestrian activity is in October. . . ---PAGE BREAK--- Current Condition Shared use patterns are the same all year. ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 1 ‘Maximum Pedestrian’ How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 2 ‘Maximum Sharing' How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 3 ‘Daily Sharing’ How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 4 ‘Weekly Sharing’ How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 5 ‘Seasonal Sharing’ How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Shared Street Option 6 ‘Seasonal Pedestrian’ How flexible should Essex St. become? ---PAGE BREAK--- Daily Flexibility Typical daytime sharing schedule – increasing activity and safety, fostering an evening dining and shopping culture on Essex Street ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity How could Essex Street be better integrated into Salem’s urban fabric? ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity Essex Street is part of a strong East-West connector network, however. . . ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity North-South vehicular connections are absent across the length of Essex Street ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity Could we enhance North-South urban connectivity in downtown Salem? ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity – Traffic Pattern 1 Opening the northern section of Central Street to one-way traffic ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity – Traffic Pattern 2 Central becomes a two-way street – Essex Street can be half open during peak activity ---PAGE BREAK--- Urban Connectivity - Central Street Intersection ---PAGE BREAK--- Design Tools Strategies for improving the management of (an already!) shared street ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Separating Devices: Bollards ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Separating Devices: Paving Patterns ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Sustainability: Stormwater collection and management, Landscaping opportunities ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Separating Devices: Clear Signage ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Safety/ Night-time Security: Lighting – and public art? ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Event Space: Public Art and Performances ---PAGE BREAK--- Tools for Managing Shared Space Resting Space: Street furniture ---PAGE BREAK--- Design Scenarios Tools deployed on Essex Street – two new streetscapes for Salem ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Festival Days – Pedestrians only ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Design tools deployed on Essex Street Stormwater management system irrigates landscape Landscaping breaks up parallel parking zones Bollards separate use and light mall at night Street furniture creates zones of ‘rest space’ Pedestrian only paving zone - wide on sunny side of street Ramp – curb cut separates pedestrian zone from traffic Narrow paved zone on shady side of street Paving defines path of vehicular travel Parallel parking maximized on shady side of the street Bike racks ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Essex Street . . . ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Festival Days – Pedestrians only Comment card design suggestion (Meeting 1) ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Festival Days – Pedestrians only ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Partially closed to traffic – pedestrians rule the street ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 1 Street shared at maximum level ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 2 Festival Days – Pedestrians only ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 2 Design tools deployed on Essex Street Stormwater management system irrigates landscape Landscaping breaks up parallel parking zones Bollards separate use and light mall at night Street furniture creates zones of ‘rest space’ Narrow paved zone on shady side of street Zone between parking allows storefronts and cafes to spill onto mall, maximizing ‘rest’ and ‘event’ space on the sunny side of the street Horizontal paving patterns act as exaggerated crosswalks between store fronts, acting as traffic calming devices Paving pattern defines vendor occupation zones Bike racks ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 2 Festival Days – Pedestrians only ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 2 Partially closed to traffic – pedestrians rule the street ---PAGE BREAK--- Managed Shared Street – Scenario 2 Street shared at maximum level ---PAGE BREAK--- Discussion: What Works Best • What design tools or scenario work best for Salem and for Essex Street? • How should Essex Street be better integrated into Salem’s downtown fabric? ---PAGE BREAK--- Ground Rules for Tonight • Be brief — no speeches — give others a chance to speak — time is not on our side • Stay on Topic — avoid side trips • Respect others’ contributions – no debates • Speak in turn — raise your hand to attract a microphone — we want to hear from everyone who wants to say something ---PAGE BREAK--- Closing Comments – Mayor Driscoll ---PAGE BREAK--- Red Dots • Feedback on shared street time management options – You each have two red dots – Please go over to one of the “Shared Street” poster boards and place your dots on your two favorite options, or you can put two dots on one option.