CONVERTING HIGHWAYS INTO STREETS AND AVENUES: CASE STUDIES FROM CONNECTICUT AND GEORGIA

Increasingly, localities around the country are beginning to realize the importance of converting urban highways into streets, avenues, and boulevards. The initial focus has been on restoring downtown main streets. States leading this trend include New Jersey, Maryland, and California. The case studies discussed here, from Connecticut and Georgia, exemplify a second wave in this movement: the conversion of neighborhood highways into urban avenues. Details of case studies from West Hartford, Connecticut, and Savannah, Georgia, are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • Garrick, N W
  • Wang, J
  • Miniutti, P
  • Bishop, Mike
• Publication Date: 2004-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 33-37
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: E-C067
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Case studies; Context sensitive design; Neighborhoods; Reconstruction; Streets; Urban highways
• Geographic Terms: Savannah (Georgia); West Hartford (Connecticut)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977184
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: E-C067
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 20 2004 12:00AM