HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Amber Conwell ARCH 4970, Spring 2014

The Doors Open Hamilton, celebrates the city’s best urban structures

Graham McNally

Local Hamilton architect Mike Lydon

author of the Tactical Urbanism and a principal at

The Streets Plans Collaborative

April 18, 2013

brainstormed several inexpensive ways to make

improvements to problematic streets throughout the city

Hamilton- Burlington

Society of Architects

&

Mike Lydon

Cannon St. & Mary St.

Temporary crosswalk painted

Main St. & King St.

Temporary traffic signs

Locke & Herkimer St.

Temporary bump-outs

May 1, 2013

Surrounding Intersection:

St. Joseph Elementary

Historical Church

Shops

Problems:

Busy intersection

Four-way stop

Faded cross walks

Rush hour traffic

Solution:

Temporary bump-outs

Locke & Herkimer St.

Locke & Herkimer St.

I asked the long-time crossing guard what she thought of the project. With immediate

enthusiasm, she said, “I like it!” The guard did not know who had installed the cones or why, but

she was highly supportive, saying it makes the corner a lot safer.

The traffic calming “really controls the traffic. It was getting scary,” she said, noting that the

bump-outs force the cars to slow down instead of racing aggressively through the intersection

“illegal, potentially unsafe and adding to the City’s costs of maintenance and repair”

response to the Council:

(which included a copy of Tactical Urbanism Vol. 2) that

explained what their intentions were and left a final note to

the Council stating, “Perhaps the most important part of

tactical urbanism, however, is that it is about doing. We

would welcome any opportunity to sit down with interested

Councilors and staff to discuss how Tactical Urbanism can

improve our city.”

the faded memory of where the orange cones use to stand on the intersection of

Locke and Herkimer, are now replaced by newly painted bump-outs and

crosswalks with white pylons

1.Calm 2.reclaim 3.recreate

Amber Conwell ARCH 4970, Spring 2014