Chicanes and traffic calming

published by Design New Haven on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:24
Conceptual drawing of chicanes

We happy to hear that the City met with Ryan Lynch at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC), a leading national organization in urban policy. TSTC coordinates our region's representation in the national Transportation for America Coalition, which Mayor DeStefano, Elm City Cycling and other local groups in the New Haven area participate in. From what I have seen and what you described last night, Ryan's constructive comments on the Route 34 plan have been superb, and we agree with all of them.

Type of Plan:

Alternate Proposal for Route 34 by Jonathan Hopkins, sections developed with community input

published by Design New Haven on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 14:14
Image of entire site, showing main boulevard and smaller side streets.
A cross-section of the alternative Route 34 West proposal, as described
A cross-section of the alternative Route 34 East proposal, as described

This plan builds upon the idea of a two-way Legion Avenue that continues beyond Orchard Street to the east all the way to the highway bridge over State Street. Under this proposal, the Hill, West River and Dwight neighborhoods would once again be connected with ample new development lots lining Legion Avenue and many side streets. Near the existing Air Rights Garage, South Frontage Road (Oak Street) would also be widened to accommodate two-way travel and dedicated on-street parking with curb bump outs. A cycle track running parallel to these streets could be created on the sidewalks.

Type of Plan:

Three-Lane Boulevard

published by Tom_Harned on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:36
Alternative 3 lane plan for Route 34

This plan shows a three-lane boulevard on North Frontage Road. Instead of the four-lane concept proposed the DOT and the City of New Haven, the three-lane plan provides much more space for pedestrians and cyclists and shortens crossing distances.

Ideally, the third lane would only be used for travel during the peak hours with on-street parking permitted at other times.

Type of Plan:

ECC Three-Lane Alternative

Welcome

published by streever on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 12:49

Welcome to the website for the Route 34 Coalition. We're currently adding features and sections, and plan to formally launch this website later this week (by Friday, the 27th of May).

We announced this website as part of a lecture given by Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi at the Institute Library of New Haven. If you join the library and found them through our event, please let the Executive Director (Will Baker) know that. He is currently trying to bring the Library back to the forefront of residents minds as a place to hold intelligent discourse and community events.

If you would like to know more about Yves, Bianca, or their new book, "Stop Signs: Capitalism and Cars", you can contact the authors at their website or purchase the book from Amazon.

If you'd like to receive updates (including notification of when this site and the ability to submit your own plans will go live!) you can sign up for the Route 34 Coalition google group. E-mail volumes are low and you can choose to receive only one message a day.

Thank you.

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