Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
The Texas Department of Transportation presented Northgate area design change proposals intended to make the area more pedestrian-friendly in a public meeting Nov. 18 hosted by the Aggie chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The plans, reported Joaquin Villegas in The Battalion's Nov. 19 issue, include creating a pedestrian mall at College Main and Houston Street.
"'The main purpose behind redesigning the Northgate pedestrian walkways," wrote Villegas, "is to make the crossing into Northgate safer for pedestrians and people riding bicycles,' said Texas Department of Transportation architect Maurice Jacob."
The pedestrian mall would consist of continuous lanes and expanded sidewalks that would connect all the way to the Sbisa Dining Hall and the renovated Military Walk, wrote Villegas.
For more on the ASLA-hosted meeting, visit http://media.www.thebatt.com/media
- Posted: Nov. 23, 2009 -
