The Link Between Context-Sensitive Design and Neighborhood-Oriented Hospitals

Throughout the country, hospitals are constructing, remodeling, and adapting their facilities to fit the needs of today’s ever-changing demographics and health care delivery systems. Oftentimes, the physical changes brought about by these improvements produce significant impacts for the hospitals, adjacent neighborhoods, and their local/regional transportation systems. Nationwide, cities have taken the initiative and are now requiring that hospitals provide solutions that benefit not only their campuses, but the entire community as well. Recently, two hospitals – one located in Cleveland, Ohio and one located in Springfield, Oregon – updated their master site plans. Both of these hospitals are located on constricted sites adjacent to residential neighborhoods. Several issues, such as future locations of parking garages, can significantly affect the masterplan of a hospital. How large parking structures can be incorporated into a neighborhood, and still provide access to employees as well as patrons, can be crucial to the success of neighborhood hospitals. The hospital located in Springfield functioned as more of a community-based hospital, while the hospital located in Cleveland served more as a regional hospital. This paper will examine each of the following issues as they relate to each hospital and its surrounding neighborhood: Access (arterials, collectors, and local streets); Traffic calming and parking issues; Surrounding land uses; Impacts on adjacent neighborhoods; Pedestrian/bike networks; and Transit access. Potential remedies for each issue will be examined, and the chosen solutions will be discussed. The solutions to these complex issues may ultimately provide useful information and a level of understanding for use in similar projects nationwide.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Trueblood, Michael
  • Bisson, Douglas
• Conference:
  • ITE 2006 Technical Conference and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers
  • Location: San Antonio Texas, United States
  • Date: 2006-3-19 to 2006-3-22
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: ITE 2006 Technical Conference and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Arterial highways; Cities; Context sensitive design; Cyclists; Future; Hospitals; Impacts; Land use; Location; Master plans; Neighborhoods; Parking; Parking garages; Pedestrians; Public transit; Regional planning; Residential areas; Traffic calming
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collector streets; Local streets
• Geographic Terms: Cleveland (Ohio); Springfield (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026366
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1933452137
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 2006 9:14AM