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Walkability and Main StreetsOklahoma Main Street TrainingAugust 4, 2015Ada, Oklahoma
OU Institute for Quality CommunitiesRon Frantz, AIA
The built environment is so important to the kind of future we want
to craft.”
OU President David L. Boren
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Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs
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It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.” William H. Whyte
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Streets have been the places where children first learned about the world, where neighbors met, the social centers of towns and cities…” Donald Appleyard
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Every time we change Oklahoma’s built
environment, there is an opportunity to enhance our health, social /es, and
economy.
Main Street/US-‐70 in Durant carries 7,000 cars per lane, per day
Randolph Avenue/US-‐64 in Enid carries 570 cars per lane, per day
Almost every main street could carry traffic through downtown
just fine with two lanes.
The busiest streets may need a leY turn lane, too.
Catering to fast-‐moving regional traffic degrades the main street experience for those who spend their /me and money in the
community.
Is it worth it to narrow or remove a lane of traffic to make cars flow more slowly along our most treasured, unique, interes/ng
streets?
START NORMANArtists, non-profits, and OU students reuse an abandoned lumberyard and test a new design for Main Street.