Curbed Intersection

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OPTION 2B| CURBED INTERSECTION with RAIN GARDENS, PLANTERS, BULB-OUTS and ACCENTED CROSSWALKS

Hunt er St .

Ajax Mountain Building

Dura

nt Av

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North of Nell

Little

Gondola Plaza

Nell G

uest

Drop

-off

Proposed Improvements include: * Curbed intersection with accessible ramps and clearly designated colored concrete crosswalks

PLAN 0 10 20 SCALE: 1”=20’

SECTION/PERSPECTIVE

Hunter Street

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH SIMULATION

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Bulb-out expansions to each corner and Gondola Plaza to narrow road cross section to 24 ft. width * Rain Gardens at bulb-outs to promote “green” stormwater management of runoff

Rain Garden

Durant Avenue

* Planter pots at Gondola Plaza to help define edge and provide some seasonal color/interest

Sidewalk

Parallel Parking

Drive Lane

Drive Lane

* Brick paving and colored concrete bands at each bulbout to carry pavement character of Gondola Plaza to each corner

Angled Parking

Sidewalk

Hunter Street

Durant Avenue

EXISTING CONDITION PHOTO

Bike “Sharrows” along Durant Avenue to designate this as a bicycle-friendly street and for motorists to share road Bus stop becomes a “winter-only” stop and is relocated to the west side of intersection to better direct riders behind bus and to safer crossing at intersection * Unique to alternative Parallel Parking

GONDOLA PLAZA PEDESTRIAN CROSSING | CITY OF ASPEN

Drive Lane and Bus Stop/Shared Bike Lane

Drive Lane/Shared Bike Lane

Angled Parking

OCTOBER 15, 2012