Streetscape design needs to be personal. It needs to be user-friendly and easy to navigate. The streetscape is the ground upon which we walk, bike, scoot, drive, or ride, and all of these modes of mobility must work in synchronicity, without fault or conflict. We sit on benches, park bikes at bike racks or docking stations, maneuver along accessible paths and ramps, and migrate from street to storefront, park, or home.
Given the right opportunities, our streetscapes have the power to bring resiliency and social equity to our communities by balancing the needs and making multiple modes of transportation and mobility options available to a wide range of users. Streets now need to function as a web of mobility and no longer simply a needle and thread to get from point A to point B.
A well-designed street will provide increased pedestrian walkability and activity at all hours and can be done so while increasing environmental benefits. Addressing stormwater runoff by adding rain gardens or bioretention planters not only soften and beautify the street but also function to remove contaminants from stormwater. Street trees, while often not a requirement, provide shade, reduce temperatures from urban heat island, and provide an architectural definition of space, all while taking up to 48 pounds of CO2 (per tree) every year, helping to clear the air that we breath.
Access 2000 Bicycle & Pedestrian Study
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Ground 20th CBRNE Command Headquarters
Aberdeen, Maryland
Allen Street Promenade
State College, Pennsylvania
Annapolis Main Street
Annapolis, Maryland
Arboretum Bridge & Trail Kenilworth Park
Washington D.C.
Arliss Street
Silver Spring, Maryland
Connectivity Study
Baltimore, Maryland
Ethan Allen Gateway Streetscape
Takoma Park, Maryland
Fenton Village Pedestrian Linkages Phases 1-4
Silver Spring, Maryland
Forest Glen Pedestrian Path & Bridge
Montgomery County, Maryland
Frederick Square Corner
Frederick, Maryland
Hagerstown Art District and Trail
Hagerstown, Maryland
Neighborhood Conservation Projects- Statewide
Maryland
North Avenue Rising
Baltimore, Maryland
Oakland Mills Streetscape
Columbia, Maryland
Rodney Square Final Design
Wilmington, Delaware
Savage Area Complete Streets
Savage, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge Rosalie Island Deckover and I-95/MD 495 interchange
Washington D.C.
