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Tactical Urbanism For Downtown Revitalization: City Of Grand Prairie, Texas, Savannah L. Ware Dec 2017

Tactical Urbanism For Downtown Revitalization: City Of Grand Prairie, Texas, Savannah L. Ware

Planning Masters Professional Reports

Efforts to revitalize downtown continue to gain momentum as planners, developers, and city leaders focus on creating vibrant downtowns to meet the demand for walkable urbanism. Some cities find they lack the resources to implement downtown area plans. Tactical urbanism is an alternative approach to city-building that could be used in these instances. This report will explore downtown revitalization and tactical urbanism using the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, as a case study. This report will create a plan using tactical urbanism to revitalize downtown Grand Prairie.


Pedestrian And Bike Planning: Downtown Of The City Of Granbury, Tx, Saraswati Bhandari Nov 2012

Pedestrian And Bike Planning: Downtown Of The City Of Granbury, Tx, Saraswati Bhandari

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Walking is the fundamental form of transportation system. The mode of transportation plays a vital role in the physical form of the city. Before innovation of the automobile, cities were planned in a compact form, and anyone can cross the city by foot. But, innovation of the automobile has brought a drastic change in the urban form and the mode of transportation. Cities started to develop without sidewalks and people were forced to use automobiles. Due to energy consumption, environmental concern and household expenses on automobile, auto culture has been a costly mode of transportation. So, urban planners have developed …