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原文传递 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE: MOUNT RAINIER, MARYLAND.

题名：	RHODE ISLAND AVENUE: MOUNT RAINIER, MARYLAND.
作者：	Oldham-SG; Vaughan-J
关键词：	Aesthetics-; Art-; Bicycles-; Bus-stop-shelters; Businesses-; Central-business-districts; Context-sensitive-design; Crosswalks-; Drainage-; Environmental-design; Environmental-impacts; Historic-preservation; Landscaping-; Lighting-; Mount-Rainier-Maryland; Multimodal-transportation; Pedestrian-safety; Roundabouts-; Small-towns; Traffic-safety; Urban-renewal
摘要：	U.S. Route 1 (Rhode Island Avenue) split the commercial town center of Mount Rainier with a six-legged intersection and four lanes of traffic with an average daily traffic of 21,000. This division created numerous transportation and urban design problems that hindered commercial revitalization in the heart of the community. The basic issues were pedestrian safety, environmental enhancement, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority bus turnaround area (with 8 routes and 1,352 passengers daily), storm drainage inadequacy, the lack of a clean, safe, and welcoming mixed-use town center, and vehicular and bicycle safety. This project replaced the six-legged intersection and four lanes of cars rushing through two blocks of liquor stores and abandoned buildings with a simple traffic roundabout, landscaped plazas, pedestrian lighting, easy pedestrian crossings, bus shelters built on early 20th-century designs, new business, and with public art including two blue-glass sculptures that will be lighted at night at opposite ends of the roundabout and bas relief sculptures of some of the diverse faces that make up the community of Mount Rainier. A wide range of context-sensitive design issues was addressed in the design and development of this project including addressing scenic values, aesthetics, historic issues, environmental concerns, and multimodal needs.
总页数：	Transportation Research E-Circular. 2004/07. pp15-19 (4 Phot.)
报告类型：	科技报告