Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Parks and greenways can offer many benefits to urban communities in many areas including recreational, public health, and increased land value. This research examines the approach of using only the right-of-way (ROW) of publicly owned streets to transform pavement into a new paradigm for a linear park. The needs of the linear park include it being continuous, green, and shared space, which involves ultra low motor vehicle speeds and volumes. This park is called an “Oasis Greenway,” which is a long series of interconnected low-speed, low-volume, shared-space, vegetated linear parks created from an assembly of residential streets.
Speaker: Tom Bertulis, Principal, Livable Communities
Parks and greenways can offer many benefits to urban communities in many areas including recreational, public health, and increased land value. This research examines the approach of using only the right-of-way (ROW) of publicly owned streets to transform pavement into a new paradigm for a linear park. The needs of the linear park include it being continuous, green, and shared space, which involves ultra low motor vehicle speeds and volumes. This park is called an “Oasis Greenway,” which is a long series of interconnected low-speed, low-volume, shared-space, vegetated linear parks created from an assembly of residential streets.
Speaker: Tom Bertulis, Principal, Livable Communities
