Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Creating a Sustainable Neighborhood: Mercer Corridor Project
The Mercer Corridor Project will be an example for how integration of land use with transportation will transform a neighborhood into a more sustainable development. Implementing this requires strong partnerships, committed leadership, and clear objectives. Traditional design related to relieving congestion puts greater value on infrastructure that provides wide streets, high speeds, and limited access without considering elements that would make a community more livable, walkable, and sustainable. In absence of formal guidance for encouraging sustainable practices in design, materials, and construction, substantial infrastructure projects like arterial roadway reconstruction become "lost opportunities" to positively impact climate change. In evaluating solutions, other performance metrics related to livability, walkability, and interaction with land use are often secondary or rely more on subjective or qualitative information. The City of Seattle's voluntary commitment in 2005 to meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets—consistent with the Kyoto Protocols—provided direction for developing infrastructure to help meet those targets. Developing a dense urban neighborhood adjacent to Downtown and served with a streetcar along South Lake Union furthers the City's objectives toward a more sustainable neighborhood supported by sustainable travel choices. This paper explores the methodical approach to evaluating and creating project development tools to support City sustainability objectives; it also reviews the outcomes of applying these tools on the Mercer Corridor Project, which is currently under construction. As part of the design process, tools and applications including a sustainability workshop were developed to identify the broadest range of sustainability elements and test them on the preliminary Mercer Corridor design. Because of its strong partnership, readiness for construction, transformative impact on community, commitment to economic revitalization, and sustainability, the Mercer Corridor Project was one of only two projects in Washington State to receive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. TIGER grant funding, awarded in February 2010, has allowed this project and its sustainable design elements to start construction in the spring 2010. This paper describes workshop elements that were successful, why some were not, and lessons learned during implementation.
Creating a Sustainable Neighborhood: Mercer Corridor Project
The Mercer Corridor Project will be an example for how integration of land use with transportation will transform a neighborhood into a more sustainable development. Implementing this requires strong partnerships, committed leadership, and clear objectives. Traditional design related to relieving congestion puts greater value on infrastructure that provides wide streets, high speeds, and limited access without considering elements that would make a community more livable, walkable, and sustainable. In absence of formal guidance for encouraging sustainable practices in design, materials, and construction, substantial infrastructure projects like arterial roadway reconstruction become "lost opportunities" to positively impact climate change. In evaluating solutions, other performance metrics related to livability, walkability, and interaction with land use are often secondary or rely more on subjective or qualitative information. The City of Seattle's voluntary commitment in 2005 to meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets—consistent with the Kyoto Protocols—provided direction for developing infrastructure to help meet those targets. Developing a dense urban neighborhood adjacent to Downtown and served with a streetcar along South Lake Union furthers the City's objectives toward a more sustainable neighborhood supported by sustainable travel choices. This paper explores the methodical approach to evaluating and creating project development tools to support City sustainability objectives; it also reviews the outcomes of applying these tools on the Mercer Corridor Project, which is currently under construction. As part of the design process, tools and applications including a sustainability workshop were developed to identify the broadest range of sustainability elements and test them on the preliminary Mercer Corridor design. Because of its strong partnership, readiness for construction, transformative impact on community, commitment to economic revitalization, and sustainability, the Mercer Corridor Project was one of only two projects in Washington State to receive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. TIGER grant funding, awarded in February 2010, has allowed this project and its sustainable design elements to start construction in the spring 2010. This paper describes workshop elements that were successful, why some were not, and lessons learned during implementation.
Creating a Sustainable Neighborhood: Mercer Corridor Project
Acutanza, Jeanne (Autor:in) / Mason, Roger (Autor:in) / Brady, Angela (Autor:in)
Green Streets and Highways Conference 2010 ; 2010 ; Denver, Colorado, United States
08.11.2010
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch