{"id":609,"date":"2013-07-23t13:45:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-23t18:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snyder-associates.u5fz9z3h-liquidwebsites.com\/?post_type=snyder-projects&p=609"},"modified":"2024-08-13t07:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13t12:58:39","slug":"magazine-road-cherry-street","status":"publish","type":"snyder-projects","link":"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/magazine-road-cherry-street\/","title":{"rendered":"guided by context-sensitive solutions, street upgrades in the city of ankeny focus on the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
the city of ankeny<\/a> partnered with snyder & associates to design and oversee the construction of new 世界杯足球比赛预选赛
infrastructure supporting the new ankeny high school and southview middle school on the north side of the prairie trail development. prairie trail is a low-impact development<\/a> that uses the concepts of context-sensitive solutions (css) that advocate for the creation of communities where people can drive, bike, or walk to home, work, and school<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n the main portion of the infrastructure project included new sanitary and storm sewers<\/a>, along with new pavement on\u00a0sw magazine road, from sw state street to u.s. route 69 (ankeny boulevard). a new section of cherry street, linking sw magazine road and sw ordnance road, was also designed to provide access to and between the two new school facilities. since sw magazine road provides the most direct 世界杯足球比赛预选赛
access to both schools, the intersection at ankeny boulevard and sw magazine road\u00a0also needed to be\u00a0widened to add turn lanes and\u00a0traffic\u00a0signals.<\/p>\n to handle the projected increase in traffic with the construction of the new schools, the design team was faced with multiple challenges in blending the safe movement of traffic<\/a> around and through the school area while keeping css concepts at the forefront of the analysis, including:<\/p>\n to address the pedestrian traffic concerns, an 8′-wide side path was constructed along the length of both roadways. this provides ample room for pedestrians and bicycles while providing a sizable buffer from vehicle traffic. the roadways along the corridor were also constructed with narrower than normal lanes in order to slow traffic. with a similar goal in mind, snyder & associates performed\u00a0an analysis of the\u00a0main entrance of the high school at the intersection of sw cherry street and sw 11th street. to further calm traffic, a\u00a0roundabout\u00a0was recommended to provide\u00a0the safest\u00a0environment for a large number of\u00a0pedestrians\u00a0crossing between the middle and high school, while efficiently allowing traffic to enter and exit both schools. our design team worked with the city of ankeny and the school district to educate stakeholders about the operational and safety benefits of a roundabout at that location.<\/strong><\/p>\nclean aesthetics and safe traffic flow dominate design concept<\/span><\/h2>\n
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creative recommendations to meet context-sensitive solution benchmarks<\/span><\/h2>\n