San Marcos Downtown Area Plan

CHAPTER 4: RECOMMENDATIONS

SHARED STREETS (Recommendation D.3)

Fredericksburg Street (from Hopkins Street to MLK Drive) and Comanche Street (from San Antonio Street to MLK Drive) are good candidates for shared streets given their narrow rights-of-way of 20-30 feet. A shared street is a street designed to slow traffic and treat all users equally while providing safe, shared, active space. San Marcos’ first shared street was recently installed on Fredericksburg Street south of San Antonio Street just east of The Parlor apartment building. The graphic below shows how that shared street can be improved and serve as a prototype for the remainder of the street as well as certain green alleys. FREDERICKSBURG STREET AND COMANCHE STREET

Shared Street example

Street Furniture: Pedestrian Lighting

Street Furniture: Pedestrian Lighting Existing Dog Run

Street Furniture: Seating

Active Pedestrian Amenities

Existing Dog Run

Street Furniture: Seating

Active Pedestrian Amenities

Drainage Grate

Drainage Grate

Street Furniture: Pedestrian Lighting

Street Furniture: Pedestrian Lighting

Active Pedestrian Amenities

Active Pedestrian Amenities

Existing Dog Run

Street Furniture: Seating

Street Furniture: Seating

Street Furniture: Relocate Bike Racks

Street Furniture: Relocate Bike Racks

Street Furniture: Potted Plants

Street Furniture: Potted Plants

Enhanced Pavers ( ush curb)

Enhanced Pavers ( ush curb)

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

Enhanced Pavers ( ush curb)

Street Furniture: Relocate Bike Racks

Enhanced Pavers ( ush curb)

Street Furniture: Relocate Bike Racks

Drainage Grate

Drainage Grate

Street Furniture: Potted Plants

Street Furniture: Potted Plants

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