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Direct Design Assistance: Pedestrian and Bike Bridge Options, Bryant and Kingfield Neighborhoods, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
A working group from the Bryant and Kingfield neighborhoods was formed to advocate for the rebuilding of the pedestrian and bicycle bridge across I-35 near the Martin Luther King Park. This bridge provides important access for those in the Bryant neighborhood to this important facility in Kingfield and is a key link in the proposed Riverlake Greenway. However, the current bridge has a number of problems-sight lines are poor, access and egress is dangerous, it is narrow, and it is unattractive when seen from the freeway.
The working group has been successfully raising money for the bridge and would like to hold an international design competition. They needed information on local design preferences both for fund raising and for background to the competition. The group asked the Design Center to create three participatory processes/information materials for the Kingfield Festival in conjunction with a youth model building exercise designed by others. The design team created an informational board illustrating a wide variety of attractive pedestrian/bike bridge styles from around the world, a visual preference survey of key components of bridges, and a simple sheet with space for drawing, collage, or writing.
The group will use the data compiled from the surveys to inform designers on the community vision for the pedestrian bridge.
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Outcome: The working group will use the data compiled from the surveys to inform designers on the community vision for the pedestrian bridge.
Credits: The project team included Ann Forsyth, Ian Kaminski-Coughlin, Katie Thering, and Joanne Richardson.
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