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Title:

BALTIMORE URBAN DESIGN CONCEPT TEAM

Accession Number:

00241072

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, URBAN DESIGNERS, ECONOMISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS, AND GOVERNMENT EXPERTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN A FRAMEWORK FOR BALTIMORE URBAN DESIGN. THE PROCESS OF URBAN HIGHWAY PLANNING FOCUSES ON THREE ASPECTS TO OBTAIN A SINGLE PRODUCT: THE ROAD, JOINT DEVELOPMENT, AND URBAN PROGRAMS. THE ROAD INCLUDES THE HIGHWAY IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RAPID TRANSIT, PARKING, PARKWAYS, CITY STREETS, AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT. JOINT DEVELOPMENT DEFINES MULTIPLE FACILITIES WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR SCHOOLS, RECREATION, HOUSING, AND COMMERCE, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS VITAL TO URBAN AREAS. URBAN PROGRAMS CONSIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS RELOCATION, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT, WHICH MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE HIGHWAY ENVIRONS. THE FIRST STUDY PHASE OF THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF ANALYZING AND RESEARCHING THE SOCIAL NEEDS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORIC AND VISUAL PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND LIMITATIONS, AND THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT. THE SECOND PHASE WILL CONSIST OF A MORE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THE ROAD ITSELF, WHETHER IT BE BELOW-GRADE, ON-GRADE OR ABOVE-GRADE, AND WILL INCLUDE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES. THE LAST PHASE WILL BE THE EXECUTION OF THE CHOSEN ALTERNATIVE.

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Department of Urban Transportation Planning and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01410168

Report/Paper Numbers:

No. 234

Authors:

Klein, Norman

Pagination:

pp 11-16

Publication Date:

1968

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 220
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Relocation

Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 5 1994 12:00AM

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