Activate Denver's Urban Core

Activate Denvers Urban Core

The Future of Denvers 16th Street Mall

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Outline Reimagining the 16th St Mall

1. Vision / Ambition Outcomes Process

2. What streets perform with this vision?

3. How is 16th Street performing today? In the frame of downtown Denver

4. Process for Change Iterative testing What we are doing now

5. 16th Street Reimagined New identity for 16th Street Moving forward

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Vision and Ambition1

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18TH STREET

16TH STREET

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DENVERUNION ST

AURARIA

CIVIC CENTERSTATION

How do we transform a utilitarian street...

RECREATIONAL

ROUTE

CIVIC CENTER PARK 4

...to a world class destination!

18TH STREET17TH STREET15TH STREET

19TH STREET

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CIVIC CENTERSTATION

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RECREATIONAL

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...to a network of urban spaces & complete streets

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Activate Denvers Core

The Future of Denvers Performing Arts Complex

The Next Stage is a planning project that reviews both the highest and best use of spaces at the Denver Performing Arts Complex and the integration of the Colorado Convention Center into the neighborhood that comprises the Denver Theatre District in downtown Denver.

The Future of Denvers Parks & Public Spaces

The 20-year plan will focus on investment in Downtowns parks and

public spaces to enhance the quality of life and create a sustainable, vibrant

downtown that is economically healthy and growing

The Next Stage

The Mall ExperienceThe Future of Denvers 16th Street Mall

Invite people to better enjoy the 16th Street Mall by visiting more often and staying longer. Identifying ways to help the mall reach its full potential as a welcoming place for everyone

and the heart of a vibrant downtown.

The Outdoor Downtown

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an iconic, nationally recognized transit mall

16th Street is already...

It is time to reimagine it as...

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A premier public place for people...An authentic Denver experience

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a place where 50k people pass through

It is time to reimagine...


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Meeting / Standing, Sitting Special Activities / Classes, Workshops, Tours, Standing, Sitting

Retreating / Sense of Enclosure, Wifi Jungle

Intermediate / Activities While Waiting, Spontaneous

More invitations to spend time, to linger, to socialize

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A place for workers and commuters



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More opportunities for children and families

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a vital downtown connector



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The Mall as not only one street but many... to express adjacent neighborhood identity and character

AURARIA AURARIA

LODO LODO

BALLPARK BALLPARK

ARAPAHOESQUARE

ARAPAHOESQUARE

CULTURALCORE CULTURAL

CORE

COMMERCIALCORE

COMMERCIALCORE

CENRAL PLATTEVALLEY

CENRAL PLATTEVALLEY

Neighborhood character Street character

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a place where locals meet people they know



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Possibilities for spontaneous, playful and unexpected encounters

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a vital bus corridor



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BUS

BUS / MOVING / STAYING

MOVING

STAYING

To inviting all to move through

and spend time there

From prioritizing one

group over others

Opportunities for more freedom of mobility - walk, bike, car share, etc.

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The 16th Street mall was a progressive, innovative transportation project for its time

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What great streets exhibit this vision?

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Best Practice Convent Garden, London

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people avg on weekdays

40,000

70,000

27%SPENDING TIME

Best Practice Convent Garden, London

on weekends

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9,500 ft long100 ft wide

42 ND

25 TH

Best Practice Broadway, New York

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on weekends

45,000

52,000

23%spending time

Best Practice Broadway, New York

on weekends

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3,588 ft long40-110 ft wide

Best Practice Strget, Copenhagen

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on weekends

72,000

81,000

35%spending time

Best Practice Strget, Copenhagen

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Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks

(3.2km with all squares

and additional streets included)

3rd St Pormenade2,000 feet 3 blocks

Lincoln Rd3,000 feet8 blokcs

Lincoln Rd5,300 feet15 blocks

Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks

(3.2km with all squares and additional streets included)



Lincoln Rd5,300 feet15 blocksStrget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





STRGET,COPENHAGEN

3,588 FT(3 BLOCKS)

3RD ST PROMENADE, SANTA MONICA

2,000 FT(3 BLOCKS)

LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI

3,000 FT(9 BLOCKS)

16TH STREET MALL, DENVER5,300 FT

(15 BLOCKS)

BROADWAY(25TH ST TO 42TH ST)

MANHATTAN4,756 FT

(18 BLOCKS)

SWANSTON ST,MELBOURNE

3,775 FT(10 BLOCKS)

Street ComparisonBlock Width and Interruptions

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Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





Strget

3,588 feet1.1km

3 blocks





STRGET,COPENHAGEN

3,588 FT(3 BLOCKS)

3RD ST PROMENADE, SANTA MONICA

2,000 FT(3 BLOCKS)

LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI

3,000 FT(9 BLOCKS)

16TH STREET MALL, DENVER5,300 FT

(15 BLOCKS)

BROADWAY(25TH ST TO 42TH ST)

MANHATTAN4,756 FT

(18 BLOCKS)

SWANSTON ST,MELBOURNE

3,775 FT(10 BLOCKS)

Street ComparisonSeries of Public Spaces

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How does 16th Street perform for people? 3

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16TH STREET

COURT PL

WYNKOOP ST

5,300 ft long80 ft wide

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people passing through

(16th between Champa - Stout, (Summer)

28,000

1%SPENDING TIME

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people using the free mall ride

every day

55,000

According to RTD data 2012 (Summer weekday)

one bus every

1.5 mins

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2012

LODO EXTENSION

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ORIGINAL MALL 1982

SYMMETRICAL / MEDIAN BLOCKSASYMMETRICAL BLOCKS

ASYMMETRICAL BLOCKS

16th street mall expansion segments

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sidewalk

10 22 (14) 10 811

transit lane median(useable space)

transit lane sidewalk outdoorserving

Existing ConditionCompartmentalized and restricted

Standing /Walking

SECTION BETWEEN CHAMPA AND STOUT

Sitting Cafe Seating

Walking

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How Do We Get There? Process for Change

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Meet in the Street

Summer Pilots

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16TH ST MALL SHUTTLE

FREE METRO SHUTTLE

LIGHT RAIL

16TH STREET

BUS/RAIL STOP

*NOTE: PROPOSED MALL SHUTTLE ROUTE SAME AS MEET IN THE STREET DETOUR

MITS

2015(Alternative Transit

Routes)

Transit Network During Meet in the Street

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MITS 2014 More Optional Activities

MITS 2014: Avg Both Meet in the Streets Dates

MEET IN THE STREET EVENT

20th July & August 10th

2014

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6,000

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MITS Event

Aug10July 20

Regular Sunday

We know it works Pedestrian Data Summer weekday vs. weekend MITS

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Current PlanMeet in the Street: Summer 2015

5 SundaysSEATING, PROGRAMMING,

& TRAVEL, EVA LANE LOCATIONS TBD

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Last Years SuccessMeet in the Street: Summer 2014

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Plan MITS Plan evaluateEvaluate MITS pilots

MITS sunday pilot

Weekday lunch pilots

Baseline survey Public consultation about recounting

Monitor + Adjust

12:00pm8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm0

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Weekday 23,950/Day

Weekend 5,250/Day

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Short-termalternative bus route

Outreach plan refinement

MITS on Mall plus sidestreets

An iterative process takes time 2015-2016

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Moving forwardnext steps

Public Space Public Life Survey on the wider downtown area (including Denvers Outdoor Downtown, Next Stage)

Explore Future Conditions ON and OFF the Mall Short-term tests, transverse streets, strategies for pedestrianizing public spaces

Develop overarching strategic document for the downtown public space network and public life activation plan Apply lessons learned for future pilots in 2016

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