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• Cross streets (Third Street, Fourth Street and Sixth Street) are the pri- mary routes for cars to enter parking areas serving Walnut Street, Pine Street and Broadway businesses and must always be open to facilitate 0 traffic movement. Walnut Street and River Street, while they provide avenues for the movements of vehicles, are not the main travel routes through downtown and could be temporarily closed to provide for an event on a single block or along nearly the entire length. The value of Monticello's street grid then comes into play; it is relatively easy for a driver to negotiate a temporary street closure by using the logic of the grid street pattern. "Trolley" • A system might be established using a trolley running on or along the rail corridor to bring people into downtown. This would be a natural complement to other modes of transportation, with strong connections to downtown and other points of interest in Monticello (the schools and Montissippi Park, for example). A linear corridor for the trolley (or any non-automobile mode of movement) actually fits Monticello well — the community has grown parallel to the tracks, only recently growing to the south of I-94. __' I „>!; D."*. ill L____.. ._____I 1 b?'.-_1:t:.; ii I, - -1 17:tsL7-Ytssct..,.arru7y.., •4'.-• .,.-ttIirrtctr t 2 Ctl: -:----=---======- t1 1I\ iia'' -- i ' • l I Isa, _... 1 : • l �� 1 ) �, lik, i 1 1 i r! 111: ItLill N.I uil lA. ± ij .��iqi si i ' . R�+i j _Y+- - dr IW illi U'�tj ,K 1 1 t j 1 1 '^*'t 1 /f f��f_ \Y _ 4:4O 'iY�i�I o�lp`rJ IIn rm '` .� • -.f'1 r I IIIiIL, I n1'17---= 1� A long term consideration might be the Introduction of a trolley on the rail corridor that arts through Monticello's down- town. This corridor might link significant community features(schools,neighborhoods,Montissippi Park)to downtown. Streetwall—+75% • Some streets in downtown should be nearly continuous with buildings that meet the sidewalk, creating a well defined edge to the street. Even in places where buildings are not present, elements such as ornamental railings and hedges should be used to bridge the gap between build- ings. A high percentage of streetwall is one of the key elements of a pedestrian-friendly downtown, but the formula cannot be applied with- out consideration of the design of the buildings themselves. Each must strive to create an environment that addresses the pedestrian — with windows, materials, awnings, lighting and signs that are attractive for people walking on sidewalks. While it will be the goods and services 411 ,, "'_ .A New Bridge '1z- Revitalizing Monticello's Downtown and Rlverfront Page 3:20