New Urban Street –Park Connector: Fused Grid
An eight block city area (see inset drawing) transformed its conventional street grid network by eliminating two east-west streets. Instead a park and a path (dotted line) join three residential access roads.
This transformation provides a delightful and direct way for pedestrians to reach their destinations and a peaceful spot for chance encounters between neighbours. The technique of joining streets with paths and parkettes is part of the toolset of the Fused Grid model for planning neighbourhoods (see Wikipedia and Google)
New Urban Street –Park Connector: Fused Grid
An eight block city area (see inset drawing) transformed its conventional street grid network by eliminating two east-west streets. Instead a park and a path (dotted line) join three residential access roads.
This transformation provides a delightful and direct way for pedestrians to reach their destinations and a peaceful spot for chance encounters between neighbours. The technique of joining streets with paths and parkettes is part of the toolset of the Fused Grid model for planning neighbourhoods (see Wikipedia and Google)