摘要: |
The 2023 Optimizing Main Street Sandbox Design Competition, sponsored by the ITE Consultants Council, was a culmination of creativity, innovation, and technical applicability from both professional and student teams. Competitors were challenged to envision a corridor that would be balanced in addressing residents and visitors needs for comfortable and connected safe traveling options (walking, biking, taking transit, driving, etc.), increasing accessibility and micromobility, and providing curbside space for businesses to thrive. Teams were asked to optimize the right-of-way for a corridor that could serve as an example in terms of balancing needs, safety, operations, mobility, equity, and livability.To make the competition parameters consistent, teams used a 1-mile long Main Street corridor in the City of Neverland with a posted 25 mile-per-hour speed limit.This corridor is hypothetical and does not exist. Information for the corridor such as right of way, land use, roadway characteristics, etc. were provided in a CAD-based file.The goal was to use the information provided to re-envision the corridor-especially curbside activity-and optimize the needs of abutters, residents, and visitors. |