Reduce car convenience

Options

  • …by implementing a road diet or lane reduction to reduce speeds.
  • …by eliminating parking spaces (without replacement).
  • …by replacing free parking with paid parking.

Case Study

Pacific Plaza was one of the five parks in downtown Dallas recently created from surface parking lots. At this site, SWA Group folded James W. Aston Park, a traffic island with mature trees, into the former private parking lot with the closure of one block of a four-lane street to net 3.5 acres. The park was built on grade, replacing almost 300 parking spaces.

Case Study for 1.3.3

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