Buffalo_13_The Future is Dense and Smart

TITLE: The Future is Dense and Smart DESIGN PRINCIPLES:

1.Connect the region without cars.

2.Preserve/prioritize viable agricultural districts.

3.Infill development and not sprawl, deconstruct and reuse, don’t demolish.

4.Election of regionally minded public official, capable of thinking of the big picture, co-operation as a norm.

NOTES:

-Public access to all water front development.

-Get TOD going along the LRT airport corridor and beltline, linchpin=central terminal.

-Preserve/enhance strong established urban communities, examples: Kenmore, Hertel, East Aurora, Elmwood, etc.

-Revitalize northland industrial district.

-Strongly enclose converting 198, to a lower speed parkway with parallel bike-ways.

-Connect Niagara Falls to the Outer Harbor by green transit along the Niagara River. Tap into the 12 million tourists.

-Creation of viable public link between Niagara Falls and downtown Buffalo.

-Urban neighborhoods need power + cable buried, better lighting, curbs + sidewalks replaced.

-Hamlin Park needs main artery improvement; Ferry, Delavan, Jefferson.

 

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