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Streets Over 70 percent of survey participants agreed that streets with two-way traffic would best serve Midtown's retail businesses and developments. Yet survey participants were cautious to recommend changing the existing north/south, one-way pairs in Midtown (Spring Street, West Peachtree Street, Juniper Street, and Piedmont Avenue).
Image with the highest mean score (+3.69), Boulevard: An avenue is a commercial/mixed-use street accommodating a moderate amount of traffic. Typically, parallel parking is provided on both sides. The office buildings and colorful landscape elements lining the avenue provide a visual balance to the wide street and offer and sense of enclosure both to those traveling by car and on foot. Parallel parking is available on either side of the street and acts as a buffer between pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Electric utilities are buried, keeping unsightly power lines out of view.
Image with the lowest mean score (-5.25), Lane: The backbone of the residential block, a lane accomodates slow moving traffic. Lanes typically have a residential focus, allowing for commercial uses only at intersections and cross streets. In this image, the lack of landscaping, poor condition of the sidewalks, and inadequate drainage contribute to the low survey rating. Pedestrians are confronted by utility poles in the middle of sidewalks and a dreary combination of vacant land and surface parking lots. The absence of buildings along the street makes the area feel like an urban wasteland.
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