LIGHT RAIL Constitución & Escobedo

Andrea Cruz | Sarah Espinosa

LIGHT-RAIL

CONSTITUCIÓN Y ESCOBEDO

TLAJOMULCO

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1- Map of the light rail line

2- Existing Conditions Site Plan

3- Site Area Collage

4- Existing Conditions TOD Scorecard

5- Needs and Recommendations for

a) Land Use

b) Open Space

c) Transportation

d) Housing

6- Demographics

7- Values and Objectives Diagrams

8- General Proposal Site Plan

9- Existing Conditions and Proposed Street Section

10- Open Space Diagram

11- Sustainability Strategies Section

12- Light Rail Stop Collage Perspective

13- Projected TOD Scorecard with project implementation

14- Annex Materials

ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS

MAP OF THE LIGHT RAIL LINE

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EXISTING CONDITIONS SITE PLAN

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SITE AREA COLLAGE

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LAND USE

LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS

-Improvement of the conneciton fo the street layouts to join the different districts.

-Create pedestrian streets in order to make a safer, enjoyable and better relationship between the citizens.This also could help the local commerces to be more accesible.

-It is important to create atention centres.

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PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE

PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE RECOMMENDATIONS

- Have more green spaces connected

-Use the lost spaces strategically as parks

- Increase the making of parks that generate sense of appropiation and belonging

- Plant trees and vegetation that help reduce the train and traffic noise

- Increase meeting points for kids and teenager and foment recreatinal events

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TRANSPORTATION

PUBLIC TRANSPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

- Install safe crossing points and signals
- Improve bike path connectivity and install "Mibici" stops
- Increase the number of internal and external bus routes
- Improve the quality of the sidewalks and their connection, to have a better pedestrian network
- Add vegetation in peripheries and ridges to reduce heat and traffic density
- Improve bus stops to be safe waiting spaces
- Have a place for parking that protects the pedestrian from the tracking

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DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOUSING

DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS

- Install better street lighting to make the streets feel safer
- Place shops and parks in points that are considered or that "feel" unsafe
- Improve water and sewage system
- Help improve the house quality (materials) as lot of them suffer from leaks and cracks

-Improve accesibility in streets, public spaces, etc. for disabled people.

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EXISTING CONDITIONS SCORECARD