Streetmix allows you to easily design a street by dragging and dropping features on the screen. For this post, you will play a transportation planner and design your own complete street! Imagine the street you are creating to be in an up-and-coming urban area, planned for new transit-oriented development.
Create your own 80′ (this is the default width) complete street. Refer to the lesson and readings for the features that complete street must-haves. 80′ is about as wide as Campbell Ave north of Speedway Blvd in Tucson. Or it’s 6 lanes at 11′ wide, 2 5′ bike lanes, and a small median. If you’re curious how wide a street is in your town, you can use Google Maps to measure it- go to the street, select satellite, then right-click “measure distance,” then click on the edge of the road and again straight across.
When you are finished, you will need to save your street as an image to share. On the upper-right hand corner of StreetMix, click “Share” and then “Save as Image”. Make sure that “Segments names and lengths” is checked off before you “Save to Computer” so that your group can see your design.
Your Post
Write a post (~300 words) on your complete street design and explain how it accommodates a variety of transportation modes and would help make the planned transit-oriented development successful. Explain how your design could improve safety for all users and what land uses might occur along with it. Make sure to use the “Insert Image” tool in your D2L discussion post box to post your StreetMix design.
Your Reply
Reply to one of your classmate’s members’ StreetMix designs. Does their design satisfy what is required for a complete street? Would it be suitable for transit-oriented development? Remember, the first person to post does not have to reply.
attach file after you finished design from https://streetmix.net
