Slideshow Parking in Wickford RI With Green

Parking in Wickford, RI with

Green Infrastructure

URI Junior Landscape Architecture Studio

Professor Richard Sheridan

Date:

March 17th, 2016

Time:

2:30 p.m. - 5p.m.

Location:

North Kingst own Free Library

TOWN HAS MAI NTAI NED THE I NTEGRI TY OF THE EXI STI NG HI STORI CAL ARCHI TECTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT PARKI NG LOTS LACK THE SAME CHARACTER. THE LOTS ACT AS A TRANSI TI ON ZONE FROM VEHI CULAR TO PEDESTRI AN

MOVEMENT AND SERVE AS

“ENTRANCES”

TO THE TOWN.

VI SUAL CONNECTI VI TY

COLONI AL I NFLUENCE

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SMALL-TOWN FEEL, HUMAN- SCALE TRADI TI ONAL NEW ENGLAND LOOK,

“PICTURESQUE

WATERFRONT

STREETS”

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CLASSI CALLY STYLED TRI M AND LOTS OF BRI CK ELEMENTS AND FLAGSTONE

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SYMMETRY WI TH FEATURES ON HOUSE, CENTRAL CHI MNEY

NAUTI CAL/ MARI TI ME I NFLUENCE

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WOODEN POSTS, ROPES, RI VERSTONES, AND DECKI NG

THE EVENTS ARE TO BRI NG THE COMMUNI TY TOGETHER AND ACTS AS A FUNCTI ONI NG WATERFRONT FOR THE COMMUNI TY.

EVENTS UTI LI ZES MAI N STREET, WI CKFORD, THE WATERFRONT AND PARKI NG LOTS REGARDI NG TO THE SI TE.

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“HORRIBLES”

PARADE ( WEEKEND OF HALLOWEEN)

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ANNUAL FUN, FESTI VE COSTUME PARADE FOR CHI LDREN, ENDI NG WI TH ENTERTAI NMENTS AND FOUR- LEGGED FURRY FRI ENDS

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STARTS AT ST.

PAUL’S

CHURCH (55 MAI N STREET, WI CKFORD) AND CONCLUDES AT THE MUNI CI PAL PARKI NG LOT BY THE TOWN DOCK

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ANNUAL FESTI VAL OF LI GHTS( EARLY DECEMBER)

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CONCERTS AND HAYRI DES

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SANTA ESCORTED BY KAYAKS

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WI CKFORD ANNUAL ART FESTI VALS( SUMMER - JULY)

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80,000 -100,000 ATTENDS WI THI N A 48- HOUR PERI OD

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WI CKFORD

FARMER’S

MARKET ( JUNE - OCTOBER)

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LOCATI ON: TOWN PARKI NG LOT (63 BROWN STREET)

ART FESTI VAL FESTI VAL OF

LI GHTS

CONCERTS “HORRIBLES”PARADE

FARMER’SMARKET

ART FESTI VAL

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THE 25MPH SPEED LIMIT IS OFTEN

IGNORED, CAUSING DANGEROUS

CONDITIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS

(LACK OF POLICE PRESENCE, AND

SPEED BUMPS).

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RIGHTS OF WAY AT EITHER END OF

BROWN STREET CAN BE CONFUSING

TO BOTH PEDESTRIANS THAT MAY BE

CROSSING AND DRIVERS WHO ARE

NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

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CROSSWALKS ALONE MAY NOT BE

SUFFICIENT FOR HEAVY PEDESTRIAN

TRAFFIC IN SUMMER (NO TRAFFIC

LIGHTS).

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GOOD CONNECTION BETWEEN

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, VEHICULAR

ROADWAYS AND PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE BOAT DOCKS.

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WICKFORD CURRENTLY HAS NO

BICYCLE LANES.

I MAGES FROM ARCGI S

SEA LEVEL RI SE

-THI S PI CTURE TO THE LEFT I S OF NORTHERNMOST PARKI NG LOT

-THE PI CTURE TO THE LEFT I S OF THE CENTRAL PARKI NG LOT AS

WELL AS NARRAGANSETT ELECTRI C COMPANY PARKI NG LOT -THE TIDES IN THIS PICTURE ARE 2 FT

ABOVE MHHW SPRING 2015

-THE TIDES IN THIS PICTURE ARE FROM HURRICANE SANDY,

According to the EPA, 20 year storm events are expect ed to occur 2-5 times more often in the next century. This map of Wickford show s the flood level for a 100 year storm, which will see a similar increase in frequency.

WATER TABLE ANALYSI S

WATER TABLE ANALYSI S

≈ 2050

WATER TABLE ANALYSI S

≈ 2100

≈ 2050

TYPES OF PRECIPITATION

- 48.6 I NCHES OF RAI NFALL ANNUALLY

- 31.1 I NCHES OF SNOWFALL ANNUALLY

-

118 DAYSWI TH PRECI PI TATI ON ANNUALLY

STORMWATER RUNOFF

WI CKFORD WATERSHEDS

-4500 ACRES

HI GH WATER TABLE

LARGE NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEMS

Weatherspark.com

“WickfordHarbor WatershedAssessment”The University of Rhode I sland

THE MAI N GOAL OF THE TOWN OF WI CKFORD I S TO

PROTECT

THE EXI STI NG QUALI TY OF THE WATERSHEDS AND TO

RESTORE

THEM TO THE BALANCED AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM OF BEFORE

3 MAI N POLLUTANTS

STORMWATER RUNOFF

FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS

EROSION

- PATHOGENS FROM FAI LI NG ONSI TE TREATMENT (WATER BORN VI RUSES, BACTERI A)

- TOO MANY NUTRIENTSFROM SEDI MENT, SALT, CALCI UM, METALS AND PESTI CI DES

WAYS TO COLLECT OR TREAT STORMWATER AND FIRST FLUSH

-

DETENTION PONDS

-

WETLANDS, BIOSWALES, RAIN GARDENS

-

VEGETATION

-

PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS

-

STORM DRAINS

-

DECREASE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES

-

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT

GREEN I NFRASTRUCTURE

// LOW I MPACT DEVELOPMENT

ENVI RONMENTALQUALITY.”

APPLICATIONS:

-

SWALES

-

BIORETENTION AREAS

-

GREEN ROOFS

WI CKFORD LI D GOALS

1. 1. ADHERENCE TO URBAN DESI GN AESTHETI CS THAT SHOWCASE VI EWS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY

2. 2. USE OF DI VERSE MI X OF SUSTAI NABLE, LOW MAI NTENANCE VEGETATI ON THROUGHOUT EACH DEVELOPMENT SI TE.

a. ALLOW AESTHETI C APPEAL.

b. NATURAL VEGETATI VE BUFFER BENEFI TS WATER QUALI TY.

c. PROTECT HABI TAT VALUE FOR WI LDLI FE.

HABI TAT & VEGETATI ON

NATI VE TREES

ORNAMENTAL TREES

HI GH MARSH

LOW MARSH

MUDFLAT ZONE

BI RDS

MAMMALS

SHELLFI SH

CRUSTACEANS SEASONAL

VI SI TORS

FI SH CANADA GOOSE

CROW

EGRET

BLACK- BACK GULLS

HERRI NG GULLS PI GEONS

RABBI T FOX SKUNK

DEER COYOTE

CLAM

STARFI SH MUSSELS LI TTLENECKS OYSTERS

SNAI LS BAY SCALLOPS QUAHOG

LOBSTER

HORSESHOE CRAB SPI DER CRAB

HERMI T CRAB

ASI AN SHORE CRAB BLUE CRAB

ZONES:

1CONSERVATI ON AREAS

2 LOW I NTENSI TY USE

3HI GH I NTENSI TY BOATI NG

5-RECREATI ON & COMMERCI AL USE

EACH ONE OF THESE

COULD BE COMI NG FROM.

THE BEACH ROSE CAFE

ADJACENT TO THE BEACH ROSE

CAFE

FOR OTHERS IT’S

FOR WORK &PLAY

MAI N STREET LOT

FOR SOME

IT’S

WORK AND PLAY...

WATER USE

PHI LLI PS STREET LOT

BROWN STREET LOT

Parking in Wickford, RI with

Green Infrastructure

URI Junior Landscape Architecture Studio

Professor Richard Sheridan

In associat ion with

RI Green and Resilient Infrastructure Project

(GRIP),

and funded by

U.S. Department of the Interior

and

Rhode

Island Sea grant.