[IndianaTrails] Retrofit ideas for suburban shopping areas?

[Kevin Heber]

One simple (but rarely used) shopping center improvement that I find  
really helps bikers & peds is to stripe the parking lots such that  
there is a walkway down the middle of each row of cars, with the rows  
oriented perpendicular to the building facade. A couple of these  
walkways can then be striped/extended to curb cuts for parallel paths  
presumably in front of the center.  This not only helps shoppers  
arriving by foot or bike but also makes it safer for motorists to  
access their vehicles.  Many of our older shopping centers can stand  
to lose a great deal of parking spaces anyway.  For a more upscale  
look, the walkway can be buffered with landscaping.  This is more the  
norm for large parking lots in Europe.  I'll try to dig up some photos.

Yes, the name Mark Fenton rings a bell.  Don't have contact info  
offhand but he's got to be easy to track down.

Kevin Heber
Greenways Foundation
Communications Chair


Quoting Jeffrey K Smallwood <SMALLWOOD_JEFFREY_K at LILLY.COM>:

> The guy who advocates walking nation wide shows pictures of trail
> connections to suburban strip mall areas.  Somebody help me out.  Is it
> Mark Fenton?
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> Jeff
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> "Lori Keys" <lkeys at aboitenewtrails.org>
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> Hello All,
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> Does anyone have ideas or photos you could send on retrofitting suburban
> retail areas for bike/ped access? We all know the scenario in Indiana ? we
> build beautiful new trails to link with destinations, and we reach the
> lovely strip malls surrounded by seas of asphalt and rip rap. I have done
> lots of research on pedbikeimages.org but have found only examples of
> urban downtown areas and new developments. Can anyone share success photos
> of a retrofitted retail area in the suburbs?
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> Thanks,
> Lori
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> Lori Keys
> Executive Director, Aboite New Trails, Inc.
> 5750 Coventry Lane, Suite B1
> Fort Wayne, IN 46804
> Office/Fax: (260)969-0079
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