Patent ID: 6561727
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
An ergonomic hybrid transit access corridor, particularly for town and urban centers, definable in terms of an x, y, z Cartesian coordinate system, in which said corridor is characterized by a plurality of x-axis contiguous, y-axis longitudinal, segments each having an x-axis width in a range of about three to about forty feet, the corridor comprising:(a) a vehicular roadway; (b) contiguously, symmetrically, outwardly of said roadway, respective parking segments; (c) contiguously, symmetrically, outwardly about said parking segments, respective first greenscape segments including selectable landscape and hardscape variables; (d) contiguously, symmetrically, outwardly about said first greenscape segments, respective greenway transit segments for selectable use by pedestrians and vehicles operating at pedestrian-interactive speeds; (e) contiguously, symmetrically, outwardly from said transit segments, respective second greenscape segments including therein selectable landscape and hardscape variables; (f) contiguously, symmetrically, outwardly beyond said second greenscape segments, respective pedestrian arcade segments that are at least partially covered, said segments having a width of between about 10 and about 15 feet, said segments defining a substantially continuous yz plane interface between linear pedestrian rights-of-way or easements, and substantially contiguous private commercial store frontage at ground level, thereby defining the outermost x-axis extent of said corridor; (g) an enclosure ratio, of the z-axis height dimension of said continuous yz plane interface of said corridor, to the entire x-axis dimension of all segments of said corridor, that does not exceed a range of about thirty to about fifty percent at any point of said yz plane interface; and (h) a greenway ratio of combined x-axis dimensions of said vehicular roadway and said parking segments, to said entire x-axis of said corridor that does not exceed about fifty percent.