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6.4.2 Elm Avenue Streetscape
Elm Avenue is one of the widest streets in the Renaissance Area. From curb to curb, the roadway is about 50 feet at the widest point and accommodates two travel lanes and on- street parking on both sides. Typical two lane streets with on-street parking are only 38 feet wide leaving an excess of 12 feet of unused asphalt. These wide and straight travel lanes encourage drivers to go well above the speed limit as they mimic a highway. This behavior increases vehicular noise in the downtown area and is aggressive and unpleasant to pedestrians and cyclists. By narrowing the travel lanes and including bike lanes on Elm Avenue from Franklin Street to Brooks Street, we will still accommodate on-street parking on both sides — but also make it a much more tame
S S Existing Elm Avenue (Franklin to Brooks)
T T Proposed improvements for Elm Avenue (Franklin to Brooks). The 11 foot wide sidewalk and street tree zone could be designed as continuous hardscape from back of curb to the building with trees in grates, or as a 6 foot sidewalk with a 5 foot planting strip at back of curb. The former option would be more supportive of an urban street feel with outdoor seating.
11’
7’
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11’
11’
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11’
sidewalk + street trees
on-street parking
bike lane
travel lane
travel lane
bike lane
on-street parking
sidewalk + street trees
TOTAL R.O.W. = 70’
LM AVE SECTION Brooks to ranklin)
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