Electric streetcars with tracks embedded in vehicle roads present transit opportunities.
Embedded rails provides the opportunity for multimodal transportation networks that leverage the same infrastructure. This also raises questions related to autonomous transportation infrastructure, with more defined transportation infrastructure. For example, pavement where only the vehicle travels.
In areas with a high flow of automobile traffic, 4 lanes or more, elevated crosswalks in-between traffic lights help accommodate the flow of pedestrians.
In some cases, the flow of automobile traffic takes precedents over pedestrian traffic, notably in high traffic and speed areas. In this case, pedestrian traffic is routed over vehicle traffic.
Electric streetcars are utilized in various road widths.
Smaller electric streetcars provide the opportunity for node-based transportation networks to connect neighborhoods with transit stations. The road widths are fairly narrow and are often integrated within existing road networks resulting in a mix of traffic.
Community information boards are placed in high pedestrian traffic areas.
Community information boards may serve multiple purposes for many locations for example, a board may be used by those who are unfamiliar with the area, such as tourists. Or the boards may be used as an informal space for news, events, or activities, within the local area. These spaces may be analog or digital. If this is a digital experience, design accessibility is an important factor.
The common development builds around ground floor retail that has two to three stories of living space above.
Ground floor retail with two to three stories maintains pedestrian scale. This pattern of often used in local neighborhood settings.