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Third Street Improvements Project

• Project Description

• Project History

• Streetscape Design Examples

Project DescriptionOverview:A streetscape design and construction project to improve the safety, function, aesthetics, and sustainability. 

Purpose:•Improve the corridor for pedestrians and bicycles •Create a visual and functional “gateway” between UC Davis and downtown.

Two Project Phases: •Phase 1 (Fall 2010 – Spring 2011): Community outreach and final streetscape design/plan•Phase 2 (Summer 2012): Construction

Project DescriptionFunctional Objectives:

• Improve and widen sidewalks

• Improve bicycle safety, encourage additional bicycling 

• Improve lighting for bicycle and pedestrian safety

• Create fully accessible intersection corners

• Replace bollards and improve spacing

Project DescriptionPotential Design Enhancements:• Enhanced paving • Street furniture• Landscaping • Campus‐downtown gateway features • Pedestrian‐scale, decorative lighting

Potential Drainage & Infrastructure Improvements: • “Green Street” features such as planter boxes with 

biofiltration, street trees & grates, porous pavement• Drainage conveyance improvements/connections• Undergrounding utilities

Project History• 1961 – 1972: “Third Street 

Parade”

• 1973 – 1988: Support for Third Street Parade subsides

• 1988 – 2001: Desire to strengthen connection between UCD and downtown continues

• 2002 – 2006: Construction between B Street and G Street moves forward

• 2007 – 2010: Third Street Improvements project between A Street and B Street proceeds

Streetscape Design Examples

Pardall Road, Isla Vista

PardallRoad Before

Pardall Road After

Streetscape Design ExamplesDixieanne Ave, Sacramento

Dixieanne Ave After

Dixieanne Ave Before

Dixieanne Ave Before

Streetscape Design ExamplesMurphy Ave, Sunnyvale Murphy Ave After

Murphy Ave Before

• Pedestrian mall

• Constructed in 1977

• Four blocks long

• One of the most successful in the country

Streetscape Design ExamplesPearl Street Mall, Boulder (CO)

Streetscape Design ExamplesShared Street Examples

Church Street: Burlington, VT

Wall Street: Asheville, NC

New Road: Brighton, England

Process

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