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Memorial Drive Revitalization: Connecting the Pioneer Valley City of Chicopee, MA Emily Anyzeski, Pei-Yu Chen, Noam Goldstein, Stephanos Koullias, Jesse Regnier, Elena Shulman
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Transcript of 1130 Final Presentation TRANSPORTATION (1)
Memorial Drive Revitalization:Connecting the Pioneer Valley
City of Chicopee, MA
Emily Anyzeski, Pei-Yu Chen, Noam
Goldstein, Stephanos Koullias, Jesse Regnier,
Elena Shulman
Hills House Planners
Jesse Regnier
Let's continue with this but expand it and maybe have no text but images of the different sections. Maybe a quick slideshow of driving up the corridor to really give a good feel and we can discuss these things as we move through the corridor.
Noam Goldstein
it's here2014-11-30 13:21 GMT-05:00 Jesse Regnier (Google Docs) <
Jesse Regnier
Can you send me your calculations?
Noam Goldstein
agree. These are the numbers, you guys decide what to do
Jesse Regnier
If the addition of that multi-family doesn't increase the TYPA much then we don't even need to include this.
Jesse Regnier
Discussion of these should remain fairly quick. Just point out the major changes.
Memorial Drive Corridor
● 3.7 miles long
● “Crossroads of New
England”
● Mix of ‘Big Box’ retail,
shopping centers,
restaurants, medical
offices, and residences
Tasked Issues● Land use and current zoning constraints
● Redevelopment potential
● Analysis of vacant parcels
● Opportunities and constraints near
rotaries
● Improve transitions
● Improve pedestrian access and crossings
● Route, signage, lighting and wayfinding
options
● Green infrastructure options
Memorial Drive Tour South to North
Transportation Existing Conditions
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hold down shift when you change sizes of things. looks very stretched
Sidewalks
Right-of-Way
Traffic VolumesVehicles Traffic Counts
annual averages
Britton ² 20,000
Northern Rotary¹ 27,000
North of Southern Rotary¹ 30,300
Southern Rotary² 30,800
Marketplace² 27,300
South of Marketplace² 19,400
Deady² 12,700
Southern Memorial Drive¹ 12,900
● A Freeway in the middle of the city● 7 out of the top 100 intersections with most car accidents in Western Massachusetts *
*=Source: PVPC(2013)
¹ = 2000; ² = 2001, ³ = 2002Source: MassDot
Bus RoutesBus lines' performances
G-19 R-22 G-1
Length in miles 15.8 7.1 7.4
Annual ridership¹ 44,558
76,929
822,221
Daily trips 10 13 63
Weekend trips 0 10² 32/11
¹ = FY2010² = Saturdays onlySource: PVTA
● G-19 is the 2nd longest line in Chicopee (the longest makes 42 daily trips)
● G-19 is the only line serving Memorial Drive in its entirety.
● Only 1 mile of G-1 and R-22 run in Memorial Drive
Transportation ● Road Diet - reducing car’s
speeds and exclusive lanes
(without reducing travel time)
● Add sidewalks, bike paths and
elevated crosswalks
● Turn rotaries into multiple
lane roundabouts
● Expand G-19 frequencies
● Synchronize traffic lights
(Green wave)
Midtown
Uptown
Green Infrastructure
● What is Green Infrastructure?○ Rain Gardens○ Bioswales○ Planter Boxes○ Urban Tree Canopy○ Permeable pavements○ Green parking, etc.
● Benefits?○ Sustainability○ Stormwater overflows
mitigationSource: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Green Infrastructure
● Existing locations in the City of Chicopee
Source: Pioneer Valley Planning Commision
Green Infrastructure
● Parking lots
● Sidewalks/medians
● Sewers/ Mountain
Lake
● Park/Playgrounds
Green Infrastructure
Encourage Green Parking● What is Green Parking?
● Benefits?
o Reduces stormwater runoff
o Filters pollutants
o Urban Heat Island Mitigation
o Cost-effective
o Aesthetically pleasing
o WalkabilitySource: Ontario Association of Landscape ArchitectureSource: Cawrse & Associations, Inc.
Existing Conditions
Aerial Parcel Map Zoning Map
Proposal
Conclusion
● Performance zoning &
wayfinding
● Identified priority areas
for redevelopment
● Redesign of rotaries
● Pedestrian access &
crossings
● Bike path
● Green parking
Thank you
Your attention is appreciated, and we welcome all questions and feedback.
