[IndianaTrails] Retrofit ideas for suburban shopping areas?

[W Allen]

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One example of what Kevin is speaking of is Fort Wayne International
Airport's parking lot.  This one is perpendicular to the driving lanes
instead of parallel to them, so you have more intersections with
vehicles.  A walkway extends from the limits of the lot toward the
building.  The walkway is ten foot wide with landscaping to both sides. 
At the major intersections with the entrance drive, etc, there are extra
pavement markings and signage for both the pedestrians and the
vehicles.
 
One thing that always seems to be a problem however.  Cars continue to
want to park in these walkways.  (I don't understand how you could
confuse this for a parking spot.)
 
 
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W. Scott Allen, P.E.
Group Manager - Civil
GAI Consultants, Inc.
941 Chestnut Hills Parkway
Fort Wayne, IN 46814
(260) 625-4155  Ext 2403
Fax (260) 625-3305
s.allen at gaiconsultants.com
www.gaiconsultants.com

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>>> Kevin Heber <kevin at indianatrails.org> 6/5/2007 9:57 AM >>>
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
>
> Lori Keys
> Executive Director, Aboite New Trails, Inc.
> 5750 Coventry Lane, Suite B1
> Fort Wayne, IN 46804
> Office/Fax: (260)969-0079
> www.aboitenewtrails.org
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