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A REEVALUATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY

MITCHELL, KENDRA NICOLE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082904073

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2004, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning: Architecture (Master of).
It is well known that rapid transportation systems today, including their stations, are designed for the efficient moving of passengers, with environmental benefits that far exceed any other mode of Transportation. The much-deserved credit is given to transportation engineers, who over the years have perfected the system, as far as technical considerations and standardized criteria are concerned. As the result of countless calculations, measurements, and analyses, stations function more smoothly and efficiently than ever before. But with this extreme emphasis on efficiency and numbers, the development of station architecture and urban design has not advanced much beyond the basic elements of providing shelter and being able to quickly move riders from one point to another. It is difficult to differentiate one station from the next because of rigid standards of image, and there is often a lack of urban design interaction between the station and the surrounding community. This thesis is a study of how a transit station can have a “personality” appropriate to its context while still maintaining standardized design criteria and an identifiable system image. It focuses on the design of a San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the suburban community of Irvington. The thesis research and design project articulates a question and propose a solution that requires sensitivity to the role of the station in its context to establish a community organizational structure that is transit-supportive and provides the physical and social context to adopt the transit station into its daily operations and social vitality.
Gordon Simmons (Advisor)
246 p.
community; suburban sprawl; mixed-use; transit oriented development; TOD; urban design; transit; rapid transit; BART; Bay Area Rapid Transit; San Francisco; Irvington, California; Urban development; Criteria Analysis; New Urbanism; Land Use;

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  • MITCHELL, K. N. (2004). A REEVALUATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082904073

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MITCHELL, KENDRA. A REEVALUATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082904073.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MITCHELL, KENDRA. "A REEVALUATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1082904073

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