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I. INTIDDUCTION
A. Understanding of Pre I s Needs
D::>wntown Fort Wayne is in the midst of an ambitious renewal
program which pranises significant increases in downtown vi tali ty and
econanic activity wi thin the next few years. The Calhoun Street
corridor, as the focus of rrnst of the development acti vi ty, will be
strengthened b¥ the opening of a 350-roam hotel and convention center,
a botanical g~den, a 350,000 sq. ft. office building with adjacent
mini-park, and two new parking facilities.
Calhoun Street is clearly the focus of the downtown transit
system, traversed b¥ all twenty seven bus routes serving downtown.
Wi th increases in transit ridership realized for the past two years,
a current 52% share of work-based travel, and increased levels of
service planned over the next five years to meet the demands of the
expanded downtown errq;>loyrnent base, the prospects for transit look
heal thy. Nevertheless, transi t still has a poor irrage among the
downtown carmuni ty, and the bus operations on Calhoun Street are regarded
as more of blight than an urban design asset. Citizens and
merchants still complain of traffic congestion and parking deficiencies.
SUburban corrpetition has eroded downtown I s dominance as a retail and
entertainment center, symOOli zed by the closing of Fort Wayne IS maj or
downtown department store. Sare vacant storefronts exist on Calhoun
Street itself, and considerable vacant land is present on outer
downtown streets.
To support the renewal activities and improve the downtown
retail envirornnent, proposals for an extensive semi-mall project on
calhoun Street and two cross streets have 'teen pursued by local agencies
over the past few years. As is the case in many cities considering
transit mall, pedestrian mall or auto restriction project~ disagreement
has occurred re;rarding the rest means of meeting the canpeting
I
Object Description
| Title | Proposal for a feasibility study for the Calhoun Street transit/pedestrian mall |
| Contributor |
Fort Wayne (Ind.). Public Transportation Corporation SG Associates Moore-Heder Architects |
| Topic | Transportation, Highways |
| Subject |
Bus lanes--Indiana--Fort Wayne Pedestrian areas--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1980 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Proposal for a feasibility study for the Calhoun Street transit/pedestrian mall. (Boston, Mass.: SG Associates, 1980), 98 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000094599523 |
| File Name | 30000094599523.pdf |
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| Title | Page 6 |
| Transcript | -- - - - ..... - I. INTIDDUCTION A. Understanding of Pre I s Needs D::>wntown Fort Wayne is in the midst of an ambitious renewal program which pranises significant increases in downtown vi tali ty and econanic activity wi thin the next few years. The Calhoun Street corridor, as the focus of rrnst of the development acti vi ty, will be strengthened b¥ the opening of a 350-roam hotel and convention center, a botanical g~den, a 350,000 sq. ft. office building with adjacent mini-park, and two new parking facilities. Calhoun Street is clearly the focus of the downtown transit system, traversed b¥ all twenty seven bus routes serving downtown. Wi th increases in transit ridership realized for the past two years, a current 52% share of work-based travel, and increased levels of service planned over the next five years to meet the demands of the expanded downtown errq;>loyrnent base, the prospects for transit look heal thy. Nevertheless, transi t still has a poor irrage among the downtown carmuni ty, and the bus operations on Calhoun Street are regarded as more of blight than an urban design asset. Citizens and merchants still complain of traffic congestion and parking deficiencies. SUburban corrpetition has eroded downtown I s dominance as a retail and entertainment center, symOOli zed by the closing of Fort Wayne IS maj or downtown department store. Sare vacant storefronts exist on Calhoun Street itself, and considerable vacant land is present on outer downtown streets. To support the renewal activities and improve the downtown retail envirornnent, proposals for an extensive semi-mall project on calhoun Street and two cross streets have 'teen pursued by local agencies over the past few years. As is the case in many cities considering transit mall, pedestrian mall or auto restriction project~ disagreement has occurred re;rarding the rest means of meeting the canpeting I |
