Mode Share

Mode share proposes shifting the typical modal hierarchy of a dense urban area through interventions that repurpose the expanses of asphalt that are 9th Street and 4th Avenue in a manner that promotes the health, safety and welfare of pedestrians, cyclists, transit users as well as drivers. Working within the existing curb to curb width of each street, the Mode Share design rearranges the nature of the streetscape by providing physical spaces where all modes of movement can successfully operate and coexist in close physical proximity. The size and speed of the corridor has been also been recalibrated to a pedestrian pace by shortening distances across streets, changing materials and textures on the ground plane, incorporating better and varied lighting to enhance visibility, rearranging parking strategies, adding landscape buffering along travel lanes and providing additional opportunities for safe crossings. As summarized below, Mode Share brings the resizes the horizontal and vertical realm of this intersection to a safe, functional and artful condition.

9th Street

• 5-foot wide dedicated Bike Lane at the curbside. Bike Lanes have separate preemptive traffic signals and a 2-foot wide curb/median divider.
• Relocation of on-street parking to Pedestrian Center Median.
• 6-foot wide sidewalk is provided in Pedestrian Center Median with buffered by altering sections of on street parking and landscape islands.
• 4 mid-block crosswalks are provided from Pedestrian Center Median sidewalk to existing sidewalks.
• 1 vehicular thru lane has been established and a left turn lane at intersection.
• Bollard lighting has been placed along Bike Lanes and Pedestrian scale lighting in the sidewalks.

4th Avenue

• 4-foot wide dedicated Bike Lane along the existing median. Bike Lanes have separate preemptive traffic signals and a 3-foot wide curb/median divider.
• 2 vehicular thru lanes have been established with one lane allowing for left turns at the intersection.
• Bollard lighting has been placed along Bike Lane and Pedestrian scale lighting in the sidewalks.
• Subway Bridge has been opened to allow views to passing Transit and opportunities for art installations.

Intersection

• The heart of the intersection is textured and colored concrete distinct from crosswalks and the streets approaching the intersection.
• Crosswalks are colored concrete distinct from the intersection and the streets approaching the crosswalks.
• Concrete Median Pedestrian Protection is provided on the intersection side of all crosswalks.
• Parking Lane Bulbs are provided to shorted distances of crosswalks and buffer pedestrians from traffic.