Indianapolis Regional Center Multimodal System PlanThis complete streets/multimodal system plan for the Indianapolis Regional Center provides policy guidance to integrate and balance traditional and multimodal (or alternative) transportation facilities with existing and desired land use patterns. A complete streets|multimodal system incorporates walking, bicycling and transit access within an optimized transportation network to support placemaking and enhance quality of life within districts and along their connecting corridors. Multimodal corridors accommodate multiple modes and scales of transportation. Their streetscape characteristics guide development towards improved transportation choice and economic performance of adjacent land uses.Storrow Kinsella Associates worked with the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to develop this plan for the Regional Center as a place-specific application of the MPO’s regional multimodal transportation planning agenda. It’s antecedents are a series of studies developed by Storrow Kinsella for the MPO: The Glendale Special Neighborhood Study, the eight county Indianapolis Regional Pedestrian Plan, the Multimodal Corridor and Public Space Design Guidelines (a subset of the Regional Center 2010 Plan) and applications of those plans’ principles for the cities of Carmel and Beech Grove, and for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.This plan advances the District Nodes and Corridors concept, and its walkability and placemaking foundation, as a specific application of those seminal works.The Regional Center Multimodal System Plan views the regional center area as a collection of interconnected […]
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Carmel (Indiana) Multimodal System Plan
Carmel (Indiana) Multimodal System PlanThis complete streets/multimodal system plan is a community-based, smart transportation plan providing policy guidance to integrate and balance traditional and multimodal transportation facilities with both existing and desired land use patterns, and supporting sustainable development and improved quality of life. A complete streets|multimodal system incorporates walking, bicycling and transit access within an idealized transportation network that supports placemaking within districts and along their connecting corridors.Storrow Kinsella Associates worked with the City of Carmel and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to enhance thoroughfare and smart growth planning in Carmel. This work is an extension of the MPO’s regional multimodal planning mission.The Multimodal System Plan for the City of Carmel proposes the development of a transportation system that promotes greater use of walking, biking and transit, and that identifies key district nodes to reinforce transit-supportive development, improve active living and intensify green infrastructure.Multimodal corridors are defined as corridors that accommodate these multiple modes of transportation and recommend specific streetscape characteristics to improve transportation options. They promote the economic performance of adjacent land uses.This transportation system reinforces Carmel’s district nodes (places) as destinations. Local transit circulators that link to a regional transit system, with stops served by taxis, parking, bike […]
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Virginia Multimodal Guidelines
Virginia Statewide Guidelines for Multimodal Planning and Design SKA was an adviser and peer reviewer during the 18-month development of Virginia’s statewide guidelines for multimodal planning and design. Our participation was based on having produced a series of multimodal planning documents for the Indianapolis eight-county region. The Indianapolis Regional Center Multimodal System Plan and its supporting Multimodal Corridor and Public Space Design Guidelines were cited as Best Practice references for Virginia’s process. Production of the Virginia guidelines was managed by Transit Planning Manager, Amy Inman, and the document was produced by the Renaissance Planning Group. Abstract The following abstract is from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation: “The Multimodal System Design Guidelines provide a holistic framework for multimodal planning with a step-by-step process of identifying centers of activity, designating connected networks for all travel modes, and designing and retrofitting specific corridors that fit with the surrounding context. This process can be applied to the full range of contexts throughout Virginia to plan connected regional transportation networks to serve all travel modes.” The Multimodal System Design Guidelines provide a holistic framework for multimodal planning with a step-by-step process of identifying centers of activity, designating connected networks for all travel […]
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