{"id":652,"date":"2015-11-23T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=652"},"modified":"2015-12-20T22:33:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T04:33:54","slug":"friendly-fridley-bold-idea-make-old-central-trail-raised-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/friendly-fridley-bold-idea-make-old-central-trail-raised-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly Fridley Bold Idea: make Old Central trail a raised path"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language<\/em><\/a>, he explains how raised paths literally elevate its users to a status above the automobile.\u00a0I suggest doing this for the entirety<\/em> of the trail along Old Central Avenue, from it’s split from MN-65 on the south end to 81st Ave. NE on the north. It is an important bicycling and pedestrian connection that is also serviced by Route 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It would not require any changes in existing traffic controls – there is only one traffic signal on this route (seen at map marker “A”):<\/p>\n

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Since this signalized intersection is at a T it really bears no relevance, the trail is not intersected by the road. All of the other intersections are 4-way stops.\u00a0 A raised path would provide smooth passage for bikers & walkers, with their newly elevated status.\u00a0 At intersections, the raised path would remain as the crosswalk, effectively becoming a giant speed-bump to calm traffic and make people more aware of pedestrians. Similar to these types of raised “zebra” crossings:<\/p>\n

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For cyclists, gone would be up-and-down whoops of the endless curb cuts. \u00a0A smooth, straight ride to bring you down the road. This also is a benefit for people in wheelchairs or scooters, as the ADA recommends a straight of a path as possible.<\/p>\n

I don’t expect something like this would happen right away, but it should at least be on the city’s radar for when the path is repaved.<\/p>\n

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In Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language, he explains how raised paths literally elevate its users to a status above the automobile.\u00a0I suggest doing this for the entirety of the trail along Old Central Avenue, from it’s split from MN-65 on the south end to 81st Ave. NE on the north. It is an important bicycling… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,3,31,65],"tags":[111,67,63,64,66],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-casual","category-transit","category-urban-design","tag-bold-idea","tag-design","tag-friendly-fridley","tag-suburban-hell","tag-urbanism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t