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17 Outlining Opportunities in the EAZ

Incorporate attractive streetscapes and pedestrian environments

As a large employment center, the Economic Advancement Zone must include an integrated system of pedestrian connections and spaces with unique character. In appropriate places, architecture should be placed close to the street edge and configured to provide courtyards and spaces and to screen parking. Other amenities such as water features, formal open spaces, landscape focal points, sculpture, courtyards, green malls or broad boulevards should also be encouraged where buildings do not relate to the public street. Future options for transit (bus and/or rail) should be implemented to provide long-term convenience and flexibility. Pedestrian connections should be included between employment, transit locations, service uses, open space systems and housing throughout the EAZ.

Design in the EAZ focuses on people and bicycles while still balancing mobility for vehicles.