Planning Concepts Continued
4. SEPARATE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS One goal of the 1986 Plan was to eliminate vehicular traffic crossing the campus. Kosar Street was the last public street that divided the campus. With its closure in 1999, parking is restricted to the perimeter of the campus. Selected walkways are being designed to provide access for service and emergency vehicles.
5. CREATE A PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ZONE The result of separating vehicles and pedestrians is a safer more inviting pedestrian atmosphere. Access to all the buildings will be possible without having to cross streets. This setting will link courtyards and outdoor gathering spaces which are protected from intrusion of vehicles. The goal will be to establish a true pedestrian character for the interior of the campus and develop a sense of “place.”
6. LANDSCAPE PATTERNS Plantings indigenous to South Texas and relating to the healthy, existing trees, shrubs, and ground covers will be used to reinforce many of the planning concepts stated earlier. The ordered, more formal rows of trees recommended for the campus edge and pedestrian circulation spine will aid in identifying the campus “edge” and “core.”