At both the south and north ends, the concourse becomes a Walking Street. To the south, it continues into parking areas and provides pedestrian access to the recreational open space in the park land near West Mitchell Street. To the north, South Oak Street is a Walking Street passing in between proposed new residence halls, a proposed new Fitness Center, and a new Bookstore. Because of its physical relationship to Downtown Arlington, the north end of South Oak Street is a prime candidate for extending the concourse into this area in the future. Drivable Walks are similar to, but less formal and less highly-developed than, concourses.
Drivable Walks are subordinate pedestrian axes of movement.
A Walking Street is a street along which both passenger auto traffic and pedestrians can move. It is similar to a typical city street except that it favors the pedestrian with broad tree-lined sidewalks, street furniture, and attractive paving textures. Vehicles must observe strict speed limitations and pedestrian crosswalks may be humped or have speed bumps or buttons across the driving surface to calm traffic and to establish the primacy of pedestrians. The master plan proposes that the following streets be upgraded to Walking Streets. It is possible that later phases would permit some Walking Streets to become extensions of the concourse system.