BUILDING LIVABLE COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRANSPORTATION: REDESIGNING NEW YORK CITY'S FREDERICK DOUGLASS CIRCLE

The redesign of Frederick Dougless Circle, located at the northwest corner of Central Park in New York, New York, was one of five urban projects selected in 1996 as a model inclusive and cooperative planning effort. In 1993, the Central Park Conservancy (CPC) formed a steering committee of interested residents to organize a series of public planning events to get the word out and to get people involved. An open house in February 1995 informed attendees about the project's progress and polled opinions on how the circle was used. That April, an all-day design workshop of merchants, residents, property owners, architects, traffic experts, landscape planners, artists, writers, historians, students, and city representatives produced proposals that ranged from creating a green oasis extending the park into the circle to building a modern-day agora of kiosks, markets, and street theaters to building a paving system replete with Douglass's words. These ideas were put on display for public panels. In July 1996, a transportation planning firm analyzed several surviving candidate configurations: four-legged intersection, circle configuration, and roundabout configuration. The final recommendation was the signalized circle since it would best meet the needs of vehicles and pedestrians alike as well as meeting the CPC design guidelines and community needs.

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  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Scalici, S P
  • Quinn, J P
• Publication Date: 1999-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cooperation; Design; Design standards; Four leg intersections; Intersections; Planning and design; Public participation; Roundabouts; Traffic circles; Traffic engineering
• Identifier Terms: Frederick Douglass Circle
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768887
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 16 1999 12:00AM