ABSTRACT ONLY:
The recent design for the reconstruction of a 4 mi (6.4 km) long segment of Lake Street in Minneapolis highlights the challenges encountered in delivering a context-sensitive project within the center of a city in which a densely built environment already exists. But the lessons of the Lake Street project also offer a warning: A community-focused approach, despite its good intentions, will not always overcome the strong institutional biases that often drive street design processes away from community-building outcomes and toward traffic-moving outcomes.
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By Frederick C. Dock, P.E., M.ASCE, a principal of Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, Inc., Minneapolis; Charleen Zimmer, the president of Zan Associates, Minneapolis; Stacy Becker, the principal of Becker Consulting, Saint Paul; and Fred Abadi, Ph.D., P.E., formerly the deputy director of public works for the city of Minneapolis and now the director of public works for the city and county of San Francisco.