Posted Apr 22, 2019, 3:32 PM
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Emory Midtown Aims to Use Parking Consolidation To Create Urbanism On & Off Campus
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emory-midtown-aims-use-parking-consolidation-create-city-of-atlanta/
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Emory University Hospital Midtown doesn’t just want to be a medical campus, it wants to be an active urban hub. It's trying to transform its SoNo campus, the area just south of North Ave., by easing area traffic congestion, promoting public transit use and increasing retail activity.
Emory is planning to achieve these goals by building a massive parking deck.
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"People do not think of a parking deck as a catalyst for promoting urbanism, but through active collaboration with Commissioner [Tim] Keane and his staff, the proposed Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) parking deck does just that," the hospital said in a statement.
The City of Atlanta Department of City Planning, through it’s Atlanta City Studio for design, worked with the hospital to create a master plan that promoted urbanism and beautiful building design. It issued a special use permit for Emory’s plans in January 2018.
"A hospital is a unique use and one that is notoriously difficult to weave into the fabric of an urban place. We are indebted to Emory for working with us to achieve something substantially better," said Commissioner Tim Keane.
The deck will provide 3,000 parking spaces and consolidate five different lots within blocks of the hospital. The formerly leased lots will be made available for future active development. Emory also plans to subsidize MARTA passes at 100 percent for all its employees. It’s part of its plans to promote alternative ways of travel in anticipation of more density. The deck will have rideshare zones, commuter bicycle facilities and increased electric charging stations.
The master plan requires all of the deck’s frontage streets to be “active use,” making them more pedestrian friendly. That’s quite a contrast from today, where one of the most popular uses of Peachtree Street, is to drop off patients and park.
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Last edited by smArTaLlone; Apr 22, 2019 at 3:54 PM.
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