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Transit Alternatives for South East New England BENJAMIN MORTON Growth Peak Oil Climate Change Air Quality Mobility Congestion Inspire Create Accomodate Aging Population Flexibility Children Rising VMT Tax Base Quality of Life Peak Oil Peak Oil Air Quality Air Quality Maintaining Mobility Mobility ulation ulation Flexibility Flexibility of Life of Life Improving Growth Growth Create Create Tax Base Tax Base Economy Environment Society Air Qua Air Qua A A Children Children R R CO 2 Gas Prices Oil Outsourcing Closures Smog Particulates Terror War Brownfields Global Instability Tourism Fatal Crashes hange Iran Iraq Russia China e e e Flooding Drought Economic Collapse Disease Oceans Rising Conflict World Oil Supply United States Oil Supply Peak Oil Rearrangement of Living Conditions Inexorable Decline Long Emergency Connecting the GLOBAL... ... to the LOCAL e GLO O O GLO O O O e GLO O O he GLO h h h h Congested Regional Highways RT 6/10 Interchange Project Expected Cost: $226,000,000 I-95 / RT 4 Interchange Project Expected Cost: $150,000,000 Additon of two movements RI-403 Expressway Construction Expected Cost: $170,000,000 Length: 3.5 Miles Cost per Mile $48.5 Million RT 4 Expressway Upgrade Expected Cost: $60,000,000 Length: 2.5 Miles Cost per Mile $24 Million Bottlenecks... and Breakthroughs? I-195 Relocation Project Expected Cost: $577,000,000 Washington Bridge Project Expected Cost: $85,000,000 ...Boondoggles... To Apponaug To East Greenwich, Nar- To West Warwick, Scitu- To Foster, East Killingly, CT To Chepachet To Woonsocket To Woonsocket To Attleboro To Attleboro To Seekonk To Seekonk To Fall River To Bristol, Fall Providence North Providence Johnston Cranston West Warwick Warwick Barrington East Providence Pawtucket Central Falls Lincoln Smithfield Cumberland Streetcar Line Streetcar Line Continues City / Town Line Rivers I-95 / RT 4 Quonset Point West - TC Quonset Point East Quonset Point - Endicot Princeton Street Elmwood North Cathedral Square Smith Street - Multiple Stops Roger Williams University Warren Town Center Barrington Town Center West Barrington Warren / Bristol - Multiple Stops Riverside - Bullock’s Point Brown University / College Hill East Providence Transit Center Downcity / Financial District Jewelry District Park Rhode Island Hospital Allens Avenue Broad Street Auburn North Jefferson TF Green Airport Kettle Point Chevron Partnership South Attleboro Northeast Pawtucket Downtown Pawtucket Pawtucket Ave / East Ave North Main / Smithfield Avenue Unversity Place Valley Street - Multiple Stops Olyneyville Square Cranston Street Elmwood South Pontiac Pastore Center / State Offices Warwick Mall West Warwick - Multiple Stops Providence Station Providence Station TF Green Airport - Warwick East Greenwich Quonset Point West / TC Wickford Junction University of Rhode Island - New Kingston Wood River Junction / Shannock Westerly Acela Express - Boston Amtrak Regional - Boston MBTA - Boston RI LRT Amtrak Kingston Station RIRR North - Worcester 0 - 500 2000 - 4000 4000 - 7000 7000 - 10000 10000 - 15000 500 - 2000 > 15000 People per Square Mile Railroad Right of Ways Commercial Areas Industrial Areas GIS: Density, Industry and Rail ROW LRT System Proposal Regional Rail South Proposal Propaganda Poster Historic Streetcar System Analysis of Current DOT Projects Project Purpose and Need

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T r a n s i t A l t e r n a t i v e s f o r S o u t h E a s t N e w E n g l a n d B E N J A M I N M O R T O N

Growth

Peak OilClimate Change

Air Quality

Mobility

CongestionInspire

CreateAccomodate

Aging Population FlexibilityChildren

Rising VMT

Tax Base

Quality of LifePeak Oil

Quality of LifePeak Oil

Air Quality

Quality of LifeAir QualityMaintaining

MobilityMaintaining

MobilityAging Population

MaintainingAging Population Flexibility

MaintainingFlexibility

Quality of LifeMaintaining

Quality of LifeImproving

GrowthImproving

GrowthCreate

ImprovingCreateTax Base

ImprovingTax Base

Quality of LifeImproving

Quality of LifeEconomy

Environment

SocietyAir Quality

SocietyAir Quality

Aging PopulationSocietyAging PopulationChildrenSocietyChildren

Rising VMTSocietyRising VMT

CO2

Gas Prices

Oil

Outsourcing Closures

Smog

Particulates

Terror

WarBrownfields

Global InstabilityTourism

Fatal Crashes

WARClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeIran

Iraq

VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela

Russia

China

Sudan

Climate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate ChangeClimate Change

Flooding

Drought

Economic Collapse

Disease

Oceans Rising

Conflict

World Oil Supply

United States Oil Supply

Peak Oil

Rearrangement of Living Conditions

Inexorable Decline

Long Emergency

Connecting the GLOBAL...

... to the LOCAL

Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...Connecting the GLOBAL...

Congested Regional Highways

RT 6/10 Interchange ProjectExpected Cost: $226,000,000

I-95 / RT 4 Interchange ProjectExpected Cost: $150,000,000Additon of two movements

RI-403 Expressway ConstructionExpected Cost: $170,000,000Length: 3.5 MilesCost per Mile $48.5 Million

RT 4 Expressway UpgradeExpected Cost: $60,000,000Length: 2.5 MilesCost per Mile $24 Million

Bottlenecks...

and Breakthroughs?

I-195 Relocation ProjectExpected Cost: $577,000,000

Washington Bridge ProjectExpected Cost: $85,000,000

...Boondoggles...

To ApponaugTo East Greenwich, Nar-To West Warwick, Scitu-

To Foster, East Killingly, CT

To Chepachet

To Woonsocket

To Woonsocket

To Attleboro

To Attleboro

To Seekonk

To Seekonk

To Fall River

To Bristol, Fall River

Providence

North Providence

Johnston

Cranston

West WarwickWarwick

Barrington

East Providence

Pawtucket

CentralFalls

LincolnSmith�eld

Cumberland

Streetcar LineStreetcar Line ContinuesCity / Town LineRivers

I-95 / RT 4

Quonset Point West - TC

Quonset Point East

Quonset Point - Endicot

Princeton Street

Elmwood North

CathedralSquare

Smith Street - Multiple Stops

Roger Williams University

Warren Town Center

Barrington Town Center

West Barrington

Warren / Bristol - Multiple Stops

Riverside - Bullock’s Point

Brown University / College Hill

East Providence Transit CenterDowncity / Financial District

Jewelry District Park

Rhode Island Hospital

Allens Avenue

Broad Street

Auburn

North Jefferson

TF Green Airport

Kettle Point

Chevron Partnership

South Attleboro

Northeast Pawtucket

Downtown Pawtucket

Pawtucket Ave / East Ave

North Main / Smithfield Avenue

Unversity Place

Valley Street - Multiple Stops

Olyneyville Square

Cranston Street

Elmwood South

Pontiac

Pastore Center / State Offices

Warwick Mall

West Warwick - Multiple Stops

Providence Station

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Providence Station

TF Green Airport - Warwick

East Greenwich

Quonset Point West / TC

Wickford Junction

University of Rhode Island - New Kingston

Wood River Junction / Shannock

Westerly

Acela Express - BostonAmtrak Regional - Boston

MBTA - Boston

RI LRT

Amtrak Kingston Station

RIRR North - Worcester

Regional Rail System

RIRR SouthFigure 70-1 - Schematic Route Plan RIRR South

0 - 500

2000 - 40004000 - 70007000 - 1000010000 - 15000

500 - 2000

> 15000

People per Square Mile

Railroad Right of Ways

Commercial Areas

Industrial Areas

0 - 500

2000 - 40004000 - 70007000 - 1000010000 - 15000

500 - 2000

> 15000

People per Square Mile

Railroad Right of Ways

Commercial Areas

Industrial Areas

GIS: Density, Industry and Rail ROW LRT System Proposal Regional Rail South Proposal

Propaganda Poster Historic Streetcar System Analysis of Current DOT Projects

Project Purpose and Need

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T r a n s i t A l t e r n a t i v e s f o r S o u t h E a s t N e w E n g l a n d B E N J A M I N M O R T O N

Amtrak Station

Co� eeshop and Restrooms

New Tram Station

Amethyst ‘Vaulted’ Sidewalk

Rose ‘Vaulted’ Sidewalk

Cor-Ten Bioswale

Bus Shelters

‘Multiway Boulevard’ Bus Station

New Tram Line

Fidelity Investment

Providence PlaceMall

State House Lawn

SCALE 1” = 100’ - 0”

Station Park is located in the heart of Providence’s Capital Center, between the State House, the Providence Train Station and the Providence Place Mall. This proposal embraces the extant geometry of the district and adds a dynamic sculptural event in the form of COR-TEN steel encased bioswales. Sidewalk vault inspired, i l luminated amethyst glass blocks are embedded into the hardscape to focus attention towards the State House while a second vector of color and light, evoking the buried rail l ine, connects the train station, the proposed LRT stop, and a secondary bus hub along Francis Street.

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C o a s t a l L a n d s c a p e s : A n A r t f u l E c o l o g i c a l M o d e l B E N J A M I N M O R T O N

The project began with the simple mission to develop plans for an expansion area of an RIDEM campground. The end result was a document featuring the work shown on this page. The Fisherman’s Memorial Campground was used to il lustrate contemporary sustainability issues, LID principles, and a new call for an artistic and awe-inspiring human imprint upon our habitat and, even more so, upon our ecological restoration efforts.

The Turret Walk: An existing bunker is juxtaposed with coastal buffer restoration.

Above is an exploration of sea level rise and storm surge impacts upon the site.