Santa Monica Boulevard,,y West Hollywood: A Pedestrian...

Santa Monica Boulevard

Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood: A Pedestrian , yStreet

Santa Monica Boulevard

Time LineMaster Plan 1998

Design Phase 1 1999Construction Phase 1 2000 – 2001

Design Furniture & Side Streets 2004

Construction – Furniture 2005+

Design – La Brea Gateway 2009

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Overall Conceptp

Objective

Reinforce identity of City’s “Main Street” –City s Main Street make it a shared street for everyone (businesses, ( ,pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists)

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Started by Thinking of Streets as Placesy g

"If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be then we will have successfully designedfulfilling places to be,…then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city directly and had an immense impact on the rest." Allan B. Jacobs

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West Side

Design Strategies

Wide sidewalksWide sidewalks to accommodate pedestrians & retail activityretail activity

Plant double rows of trees to zone id lk ti itisidewalk activities

Add bicycle lanes

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East Side

Design Strategies

Make the street safeMake the street safe

Create sidewalk extensions at bus stops and x-walks

Provide as much landscaping as possible

Maintain street parking forMaintain street parking for shops

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Already Required: Active Building Ground Floor & No Parking y q g & gAlong SMB

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Improvements Over Time

Immediate Priorities – with ReconstructionBicycle lanes

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Bicycle lanes Enhanced crosswalks – intersections & midblock through mediansWider sidewalks & curb extensions1,200 new street trees; double rows where possible – structural soil & irrigation1,200 new street trees; double rows where possible structural soil & irrigationMedian, garden & gateway landscapingElectrical power for events, art & holiday lightingIncrease street parking for shopsIncrease street parking for shops

Future Priorities – as Funding Is AvailableN b t & th t t f itNew bus stop & other street furnitureBus stop gardensOther boulevard gardensResidential gatewaysArt installationsRelamp pedestrian lights for energy efficiencyMore parkways

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Bicycle Lanesy

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Crosswalks

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Wider Sidewalks

ObjectiveMake the street safer && more usable.

Design Strategiesg gWide sidewalksCorner curb

extensionsextensions Enhanced

crosswalks

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Wider Sidewalks – over time on East Side

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Curb ExtensionsObjectivePedestrian visibility, improved busimproved bus operation, more sidewalk space.

Design StrategiesEvery corner &

crossingcrossingLonger at bus stops

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Pedestrian Street Lightsg

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Street Trees

ObjectivesUse street trees as the unifying element along the boulevard.

Use cutting-edge techniques to ensure that trees are long-lived, healthy with canopies that will grow quickly above businessquickly above business signs and provide scale to the street.

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Street Trees

Design Strategies

A continuous green canopyA continuous green canopy

Flowering trees at special locations

Double rows of trees to zoneDouble rows of trees to zone sidewalk uses

Structural soil, irrigation & large tree wells for healthy trees & reducedwells for healthy trees & reduced sidewalk uplift

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The Right Street Conditions for Treesg

• Parkways/Bioswales

• Large tree wells (same thing)

• Structural soil• Structural soil

• Irrigation

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Medians

Objective

Reduce the visible expanse of asphalt, p pbring scale to the street & make it safer for left turns.Design Strategiesg g

Replace wide medians with continuously landscaped 14’ mediansmedians.

Add new medians wherever possible.

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Parkways

Objectives

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Provide traffic buffers

Create a linear park along blank walls & parking lots& parking lots

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Boulevard Gardens

Objectives jProvide a sequence of visual & usable open spaces along the Boulevard.

Create important civic spaces & gathering places.

Link the Boulevard to parksLink the Boulevard to parks and other public spaces.

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Bus Shelters, Future Bus Stop Gardens & Other , pFurniture