Existing circumstances
- South Side Park Master Plan in progress
- 21st Street Complete Green Street Project
- M16 Watershed is a Top 3 Priority watershed in the City of Pittsburgh because of the high density of development in South Side along the route to the river from natural spring water stemming from South Side Park mountain
- PennDOT Repaving East Carson Street
- “This approximate $12-15 million resurfacing project also includes signal upgrades, ADA curb cut ramp installation, and pedestrian safety improvements on East Carson Street between Smithfield Street and 33rd Street in the City of Pittsburgh. Work is expected to begin in the fall of 2018 and conclude late in 2019” – PennDOT Website
My wishful thinking of continued green ideas:
- Traffic circle where Birmingham Bridge meets East Carson Street
- Facilitate continuous flow of traffic
- Make the crossing more pedestrian-friendly
- Dedicated bike lanes
- No parking on East Carson Street
- Build garages or have lots nearby
- Increase and incentivize local public transportation
- Green buffers like trees, planters, window flowers
- Traffic calming
- Noise reducing
- Pollution filtering
- Water capturing
- Business building
- Eventually turn East Carson Street into a Fußgängerzone
- Pedestrian-only, like many other cities all over the world have (but not Pittsburgh)
- Like BikePittsburgh’s Open Streets, but for more than a day
- If not all the time, then for a week or weekend
- Host an event or festival to focus the celebration
- Like a Couch Crash on Couchsurfing.com
- Like a cycling culmination for GAP goers
- Host an event or festival to focus the celebration
- Solarize South Side through Solarize Allegheny
- South Side Slopes, specifically
- For any flat roofs, show us how to put in green roofs or gardens
Catinon ★ 