CLOVER STOMPING
Juror summary: boldly introduces parking garages and mass transit to highway cloverleafs, freeing up downtowns from the burden of providing parking for commuters.
Long Island is crossed by roadways and rail lines; however, pedestrian travel is inhibited by the infrastructure meant to connect them. Our focus is to reintroduce local connectivity through pathways, and public transit as well as facilitate growth in surrounding areas.
Interchanges (aka. “clovers”) typically transition highways to major local roads throughout Long Island. They are frequently located near major townships, however remain underutilized and inaccessible to pedestrians. By reconfiguring the on and offramps, land is liberated in a centralized location to incorporate community gardens, recreational space and a prototypical transit hub - bridging the surrounding communities. Through the inclusion of community parking in conjunction with the transit hub, we facilitate the repurposing of existing parking lots in sites more favorable to development as well as reduce the diffusion of cars into the downtown cores.
It is not our intent to create a destination, but to facilitate the reinvention of surrounding neighborhoods, while working in tandem with other proposals.
Key themes: retrofitting auto infrastructure, strengthening the public/civic realm, new mass transit networks
Collaborators: Nasiq Khan, Eugene Miroshnichenko, Mathew Smith, Scott Brandi